Birmingham panchang, 17 May 2028
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 20:59 Moonrise 02:23 Vaishakha month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+01:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:09 to 20:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:08 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:32 – 13:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 15:03
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 14:12 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:59 to 05:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:59 – 22:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 03:26 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 00:33 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 12:06
- Karana Taitila until 14:12, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 14:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 13:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:06 – 13:02 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 15:03
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. 04:04 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:32 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:59 – 22:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:09 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:08 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Char | 17:01 – 19:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 19:00 – 20:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:59 – 22:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 22:00 – 23:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:01 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:03 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:04 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:07 – 05:08 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
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 04:06 Pisces
- 04:06 – 05:08 Aries
- 05:08 – 06:44 Taurus
- 06:44 – 09:08 Gemini
- 09:08 – 11:58 Cancer
- 11:58 – 14:51 Leo
- 14:51 – 17:43 Virgo
- 17:43 – 20:36 Libra
- 20:36 – 23:14 Scorpio
- 23:14 – 01:09 next day Sagittarius
- 01:09 – 02:21 next day Capricorn
- 02:21 – 03:13 next day Aquarius
- 03:13 – 04:02 next day Pisces
- 04:02 – 05:04 next day Aries
- 05:04 – 05:08 next day Taurus
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