Birmingham panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 08:14 Sunset 15:51 Moonrise 11:53 Margashirsha month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
08:14 to 15:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:11 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:00
- 08:16 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 08:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
15:51 to 08:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 15:51 – 19:08
- Brahma Muhurta 06:04 – 07:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:43 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 07:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 17:16
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 08:32 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 08:16
- Karana Vanija until 17:16, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:16 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 08:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:43 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 07:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:00
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:16 – 03:43 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:43 – 05:42 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:51 – 06:49 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. 06:03 – 07:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 15:51 – 19:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:14 – 08:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:14 – 17:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 08:14 – 09:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:11 – 10:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:08 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:00 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Char | 13:57 – 14:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:54 – 15:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 15:51 – 17:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 17:54 – 19:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:57 – 22:00 | Good |
| Char | 22:00 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:09 – 06:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:12 – 08:15 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
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 06:03 – 08:19 Scorpio
- 08:19 – 10:13 Sagittarius
- 10:13 – 11:25 Capricorn
- 11:25 – 12:17 Aquarius
- 12:17 – 13:06 Pisces
- 13:06 – 14:08 Aries
- 14:08 – 15:44 Taurus
- 15:44 – 18:08 Gemini
- 18:08 – 20:59 Cancer
- 20:59 – 23:51 Leo
- 23:51 – 02:44 next day Virgo
- 02:44 – 05:37 next day Libra
- 05:37 – 08:15 next day Scorpio
- 08:15 – 08:15 next day Sagittarius
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 GMT (UTC+0) · Method