Birmingham panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 20:29 Moonrise 10:43 Shravana month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+01:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 20:29- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:40
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 15:00
- Gulika Kalam 16:50 – 18:39
- Durmuhurta 18:32 – 19:30
- Rahu Kalam 18:39 – 20:29
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:29 to 05:55 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:29 – 22:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 12:23
- Nakshatra Hasta until 23:20 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 23:38
- Karana Vishti until 12:23, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 15:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:50 – 18:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:32 – 19:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:39 – 20:29
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 12:23 – 23:20
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. 04:38 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:29 – 22:22
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:53 – 12:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:53 – 23:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:20 – 03:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:53 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:42 – 09:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:32 – 11:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:21 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:00 – 16:50 | Good |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:39 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:29 – 21:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:40 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:12 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:22 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:33 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:44 – 05:55 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
- 05:53 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:02 Cancer
- 06:02 – 08:55 Leo
- 08:55 – 11:47 Virgo
- 11:47 – 14:40 Libra
- 14:40 – 17:18 Scorpio
- 17:18 – 19:13 Sagittarius
- 19:13 – 20:25 Capricorn
- 20:25 – 21:17 Aquarius
- 21:17 – 22:06 Pisces
- 22:06 – 23:08 Aries
- 23:08 – 00:44 next day Taurus
- 00:44 – 03:08 next day Gemini
- 03:08 – 05:55 next day Cancer
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