Birmingham panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 20:27 Moonrise 12:02 Shravana month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+01:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 20:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:44 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 11:22 – 13:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:40
- Durmuhurta 13:40 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta 16:34 – 17:32
- 11:49 Moon enters Libra
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:27 to 05:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:27 – 22:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 12:30
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:28 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 22:59
- Karana Balava until 12:30, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:49 Moon enters Libra
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:40 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:34 – 17:32
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:55 – 00:28 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:35 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 10:31 – 12:38
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. 04:39 – 05:17
- 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 20:27 – 22:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:28 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:55 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:44 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:33 – 11:22 | Good |
| Rog | 11:22 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:38 – 20:27 | Good |
| Char | 20:27 – 21:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:38 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:49 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:11 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:23 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:45 – 05:56 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
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:58 Cancer
- 05:58 – 08:51 Leo
- 08:51 – 11:43 Virgo
- 11:43 – 14:36 Libra
- 14:36 – 17:14 Scorpio
- 17:14 – 19:09 Sagittarius
- 19:09 – 20:21 Capricorn
- 20:21 – 21:13 Aquarius
- 21:13 – 22:02 Pisces
- 22:02 – 23:04 Aries
- 23:04 – 00:40 next day Taurus
- 00:40 – 03:04 next day Gemini
- 03:04 – 05:54 next day Cancer
- 05:54 – 05:56 next day Leo
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