Birmingham panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 08:18 Sunset 15:54 Moonrise 14:50 Margashirsha month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
08:18 to 15:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:15 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam 11:09 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:03
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
15:54 to 08:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 15:54 – 19:11
- Brahma Muhurta 06:07 – 07:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 07:21 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 01:28 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:23 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 11:45
- Karana Vishti until 15:23, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 07:21 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:03
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. 06:07 – 07:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 15:54 – 19:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:18 – 23:23
Choghadiya
| Labh | 08:18 – 09:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:12 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:09 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:03 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Char | 14:00 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 15:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 15:54 – 17:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 17:57 – 20:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:00 – 22:03 | Good |
| Char | 22:03 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:09 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:13 – 06:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:16 – 08:19 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
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 06:07 – 07:51 Scorpio
- 07:51 – 09:46 Sagittarius
- 09:46 – 10:58 Capricorn
- 10:58 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 12:39 Pisces
- 12:39 – 13:41 Aries
- 13:41 – 15:17 Taurus
- 15:17 – 17:41 Gemini
- 17:41 – 20:31 Cancer
- 20:31 – 23:24 Leo
- 23:24 – 02:16 next day Virgo
- 02:16 – 05:09 next day Libra
- 05:09 – 07:47 next day Scorpio
- 07:47 – 08:19 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