Leicester panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:05 Sunset 20:57 Moonrise 05:31 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Leicester, England, United Kingdom · 52.64°, -1.13° · Europe/London (UTC+01:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:05 to 20:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:04 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 11:02 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:29 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:43 – 17:47
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 13:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:34 Moon enters Gemini
Night
20:57 to 05:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:57 – 22:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 13:23
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 17:17
- Karana Kaulava until 13:23, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 13:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 23:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:43 – 17:47
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. 04:00 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:29 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:57 – 22:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:05 – 07:02
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:02 – 04:11 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:02 – 04:11 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:11 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:05 – 07:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:04 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 11:02 | Good |
| Rog | 11:02 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:01 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:58 – 20:57 | Good |
| Char | 20:57 – 21:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:58 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:59 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:00 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:01 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:03 – 05:03 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
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:00 Pisces
- 04:00 – 05:02 Aries
- 05:02 – 06:38 Taurus
- 06:38 – 09:02 Gemini
- 09:02 – 11:53 Cancer
- 11:53 – 14:46 Leo
- 14:46 – 17:38 Virgo
- 17:38 – 20:32 Libra
- 20:32 – 23:10 Scorpio
- 23:10 – 01:04 next day Sagittarius
- 01:04 – 02:16 next day Capricorn
- 02:16 – 03:08 next day Aquarius
- 03:08 – 03:57 next day Pisces
- 03:57 – 04:58 next day Aries
- 04:58 – 05:03 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