Birmingham panchang, 5 January 2028
Sunrise 08:19 Sunset 16:06 Moonrise 11:08 Pausha month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
08:19 to 16:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:17 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam 11:14 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:11
- 14:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 14:20 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:06 to 08:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:06 – 19:21
- Brahma Muhurta 06:09 – 07:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:01 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:01 Moon enters Aries
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:20 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 14:20
- Nakshatra Revati until 21:01 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 07:20 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:20, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 14:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:01 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:01 Moon enters Aries
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:20 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:11
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:19 – 21:01
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:01 – 08:18 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. 06:09 – 07:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:06 – 19:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:01 – 08:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 08:19 – 09:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:17 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 11:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:14 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:09 | Bad |
| Char | 14:09 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:06 – 18:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:08 – 20:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:09 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:14 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:15 – 06:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:17 – 08:18 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
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 06:09 – 07:01 Scorpio
- 07:01 – 08:56 Sagittarius
- 08:56 – 10:08 Capricorn
- 10:08 – 11:00 Aquarius
- 11:00 – 11:49 Pisces
- 11:49 – 12:51 Aries
- 12:51 – 14:27 Taurus
- 14:27 – 16:51 Gemini
- 16:51 – 19:41 Cancer
- 19:41 – 22:34 Leo
- 22:34 – 01:26 next day Virgo
- 01:26 – 04:19 next day Libra
- 04:19 – 06:57 next day Scorpio
- 06:57 – 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