Birmingham panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 02:26 Vaishakha month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+01:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 20:44- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:20 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam 11:09 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:33 – 13:35
- Durmuhurta 13:35 – 14:36
- Yamaganda 16:54 – 18:49
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:50 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
20:44 to 05:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:00 Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 16:50 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 22:00
- Karana Vanija until 07:52, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:50 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:00 Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:35 – 14:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:49
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. 04:15 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:33 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:25 – 16:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:25 – 07:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:50 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:25 – 07:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:20 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 11:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:09 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Char | 18:49 – 20:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:44 – 21:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:49 – 22:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:53 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:03 – 02:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:08 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:13 – 04:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:18 – 05:23 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
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:43 Pisces
- 04:43 – 05:45 Aries
- 05:45 – 07:21 Taurus
- 07:21 – 09:45 Gemini
- 09:45 – 12:35 Cancer
- 12:35 – 15:28 Leo
- 15:28 – 18:20 Virgo
- 18:20 – 21:13 Libra
- 21:13 – 23:51 Scorpio
- 23:51 – 01:46 next day Sagittarius
- 01:46 – 02:58 next day Capricorn
- 02:58 – 03:50 next day Aquarius
- 03:50 – 04:39 next day Pisces
- 04:39 – 05:23 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