Leicester panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 08:03 Sunset 16:28 Moonrise 09:21 Magha month
Leicester, England, United Kingdom · 52.64°, -1.13° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
08:03 to 16:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:07 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam 11:13 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:19
- 08:28 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 09:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
16:28 to 08:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:28 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:58 – 07:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:17 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 21:17
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 08:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 13:28
- Karana Taitila until 09:18, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:28 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 09:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:17 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:31 – 13:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:19
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:03 – 08:28
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. 05:58 – 07:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:28 – 19:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:28 – 08:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 08:03 – 09:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:07 – 10:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:10 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:13 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Char | 14:22 – 15:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:25 – 16:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:28 – 18:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:25 – 20:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:21 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:09 – 06:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:05 – 08:02 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
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:58 – 07:48 Sagittarius
- 07:48 – 09:00 Capricorn
- 09:00 – 09:52 Aquarius
- 09:52 – 10:40 Pisces
- 10:40 – 11:42 Aries
- 11:42 – 13:18 Taurus
- 13:18 – 15:42 Gemini
- 15:42 – 18:33 Cancer
- 18:33 – 21:26 Leo
- 21:26 – 00:18 next day Virgo
- 00:18 – 03:12 next day Libra
- 03:12 – 05:50 next day Scorpio
- 05:50 – 07:44 next day Sagittarius
- 07:44 – 08:02 next day Capricorn
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