Birmingham panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 08:17 Sunset 15:53 Moonrise 13:12 Margashirsha month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
08:17 to 15:53- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 09:14 – 10:11
- Yamaganda 11:08 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:02 – 13:59
- Durmuhurta 13:51 – 14:22
- 12:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 12:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:06 Moon enters Taurus
Night
15:53 to 08:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 15:53 – 19:10
- Brahma Muhurta 06:07 – 07:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 22:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 12:06
- Nakshatra Krittika until 05:15 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 20:02
- Karana Balava until 12:06, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 12:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:06 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 22:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:02 – 13:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:51 – 14:22
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. 06:06 – 07:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 15:53 – 19:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:15 – 08:18 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:15 – 08:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 08:17 – 09:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:11 – 11:08 | Good |
| Rog | 11:08 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:02 | Bad |
| Char | 13:02 – 13:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:59 – 14:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:56 – 15:53 | Good |
| Char | 15:53 – 17:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 17:56 – 19:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:59 – 22:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:02 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:09 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:12 – 06:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 06:15 – 08:18 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
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 06:06 – 07:59 Scorpio
- 07:59 – 09:54 Sagittarius
- 09:54 – 11:06 Capricorn
- 11:06 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 12:47 Pisces
- 12:47 – 13:49 Aries
- 13:49 – 15:25 Taurus
- 15:25 – 17:49 Gemini
- 17:49 – 20:39 Cancer
- 20:39 – 23:32 Leo
- 23:32 – 02:24 next day Virgo
- 02:24 – 05:17 next day Libra
- 05:17 – 07:55 next day Scorpio
- 07:55 – 08:18 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