Leicester panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 05:34 Phalguna month
Leicester, England, United Kingdom · 52.64°, -1.13° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 18:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:47 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:46
- 12:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:09 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 03:53 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 00:52 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 02:45 next day
- Karana Gara until 16:07, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:46
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:53 – 15:29 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. 04:40 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:18 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:47 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:13 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:11 – 16:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:40 – 18:09 | Good |
| Char | 18:09 – 19:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:39 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:10 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:12 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:14 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:44 – 06:15 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:28 Capricorn
- 05:28 – 06:19 Aquarius
- 06:19 – 07:08 Pisces
- 07:08 – 08:10 Aries
- 08:10 – 09:45 Taurus
- 09:45 – 12:10 Gemini
- 12:10 – 15:00 Cancer
- 15:00 – 17:53 Leo
- 17:53 – 20:46 Virgo
- 20:46 – 23:39 Libra
- 23:39 – 02:18 next day Scorpio
- 02:18 – 04:12 next day Sagittarius
- 04:12 – 05:24 next day Capricorn
- 05:24 – 06:15 next day Aquarius
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