Birmingham panchang, 1 May 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 20:32 Moonrise 20:59 Vaishakha month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+01:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 20:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:29 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 11:13 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:35
- Durmuhurta 13:35 – 14:34
- Yamaganda 16:48 – 18:40
- 16:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 18:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:23 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:32 to 05:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:32 – 22:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 18:23
- Nakshatra Swati until 00:05 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 16:43
- Karana Bava until 18:23, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 18:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:35 – 14:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:43 – 17:14 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:40
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:25 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:35 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:32 – 22:21
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:23 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:38 – 07:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:29 – 09:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:21 – 11:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:13 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:57 | Good |
| Rog | 14:57 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Char | 18:40 – 20:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:32 – 21:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:40 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:48 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:12 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:20 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:28 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:11 Pisces
- 05:11 – 06:12 Aries
- 06:12 – 07:49 Taurus
- 07:49 – 10:12 Gemini
- 10:12 – 13:03 Cancer
- 13:03 – 15:56 Leo
- 15:56 – 18:48 Virgo
- 18:48 – 21:41 Libra
- 21:41 – 00:19 next day Scorpio
- 00:19 – 02:14 next day Sagittarius
- 02:14 – 03:26 next day Capricorn
- 03:26 – 04:18 next day Aquarius
- 04:18 – 05:07 next day Pisces
- 05:07 – 05:36 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in BST (UTC+1) · Method