Birmingham panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 20:56 Moonrise 04:21 Vaishakha month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+01:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:11 to 20:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:11 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta 05:11 – 06:14
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 07:17
- Rahu Kalam 09:08 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:32 – 13:35
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 17:00
- 05:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 10:53 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:16 Moon enters Taurus
Night
20:56 to 05:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:56 – 22:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 01:45 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 21:01
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 05:55
- Karana Chatushpada until 10:53, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 10:53 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 21:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 01:45 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:11 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:11 – 06:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 07:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 11:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 17:00
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:45 – 04:09 next day
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. 04:05 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:32 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:56 – 22:35
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:11 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:10 – 09:08 | Good |
| Rog | 09:08 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:06 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:56 – 21:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:58 – 23:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:00 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:03 – 02:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:05 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:07 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:08 – 05:10 next day | Good |
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
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 04:12 Pisces
- 04:12 – 05:13 Aries
- 05:13 – 06:50 Taurus
- 06:50 – 09:14 Gemini
- 09:14 – 12:04 Cancer
- 12:04 – 14:57 Leo
- 14:57 – 17:49 Virgo
- 17:49 – 20:42 Libra
- 20:42 – 23:20 Scorpio
- 23:20 – 01:15 next day Sagittarius
- 01:15 – 02:27 next day Capricorn
- 02:27 – 03:19 next day Aquarius
- 03:19 – 04:08 next day Pisces
- 04:08 – 05:10 next day Aries
- 05:10 – 05:10 next day Taurus
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