Birmingham panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 20:59 Moonrise 05:35 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+01:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:09 to 20:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:07 – 09:06
- Yamaganda 11:05 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:32 – 13:36
- Durmuhurta 13:36 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:03 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta 16:46 – 17:49
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 13:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:34 Moon enters Gemini
Night
20:59 to 05:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:59 – 22:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 13:23
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 17:17
- Karana Kaulava until 13:23, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 13:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 23:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 09:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:36 – 14:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:46 – 17:49
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. 04:03 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:32 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:59 – 22:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:09 – 07:02
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:02 – 04:11 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:02 – 04:11 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:11 – 05:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:09 – 07:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:07 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:06 – 11:05 | Good |
| Rog | 11:05 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 19:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:01 – 20:59 | Good |
| Char | 20:59 – 22:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 22:00 – 23:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:01 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:03 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:04 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:06 – 05:07 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 04:04 Pisces
- 04:04 – 05:06 Aries
- 05:06 – 06:42 Taurus
- 06:42 – 09:06 Gemini
- 09:06 – 11:56 Cancer
- 11:56 – 14:49 Leo
- 14:49 – 17:41 Virgo
- 17:41 – 20:34 Libra
- 20:34 – 23:12 Scorpio
- 23:12 – 01:07 next day Sagittarius
- 01:07 – 02:19 next day Capricorn
- 02:19 – 03:11 next day Aquarius
- 03:11 – 04:00 next day Pisces
- 04:00 – 05:02 next day Aries
- 05:02 – 05:07 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