Birmingham panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 08:17 Sunset 15:53 Moonrise 10:42 Pausha month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
08:17 to 15:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:14 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam 11:08 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:02
- 15:00 Karana becomes Balava
Night
15:53 to 08:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 15:53 – 19:10
- Brahma Muhurta 06:06 – 07:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:58 Moon enters Aquarius
- 19:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:53 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:06 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 19:50
- Karana Bava until 15:00, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:58 Moon enters Aquarius
- 19:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:50 – 21:02
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:17 – 06:06 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. 06:06 – 07:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 08:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 08:17 – 09:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:14 – 10:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:11 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:08 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:02 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 14:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:56 – 15:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 15:53 – 17:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 17:56 – 19:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:59 – 22:02 | Good |
| Char | 22:02 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 02:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:08 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:11 – 06:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:15 – 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
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 06:06 – 08:01 Scorpio
- 08:01 – 09:55 Sagittarius
- 09:55 – 11:08 Capricorn
- 11:08 – 12:00 Aquarius
- 12:00 – 12:49 Pisces
- 12:49 – 13:50 Aries
- 13:50 – 15:27 Taurus
- 15:27 – 17:51 Gemini
- 17:51 – 20:41 Cancer
- 20:41 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 02:26 next day Virgo
- 02:26 – 05:19 next day Libra
- 05:19 – 07:57 next day Scorpio
- 07:57 – 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