Leicester panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 05:58 Phalguna month
Leicester, England, United Kingdom · 52.64°, -1.13° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:42
- 14:13 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:06 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:12 to 06:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:23 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 23:51 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 22:31
- Karana Chatushpada until 14:13, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:13 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:06 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 00:06 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 23:06 – 01:05 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. 04:37 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:12 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:13 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:12 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 06:11 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
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:20 Capricorn
- 05:20 – 06:12 Aquarius
- 06:12 – 07:00 Pisces
- 07:00 – 08:02 Aries
- 08:02 – 09:38 Taurus
- 09:38 – 12:02 Gemini
- 12:02 – 14:52 Cancer
- 14:52 – 17:46 Leo
- 17:46 – 20:38 Virgo
- 20:38 – 23:31 Libra
- 23:31 – 02:10 next day Scorpio
- 02:10 – 04:04 next day Sagittarius
- 04:04 – 05:16 next day Capricorn
- 05:16 – 06:08 next day Aquarius
- 06:08 – 06:11 next day Pisces
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