Leicester panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 08:12 Sunset 15:47 Moonrise 11:50 Margashirsha month
Leicester, England, United Kingdom · 52.64°, -1.13° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
08:12 to 15:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:09 – 10:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:03 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 12:57
- 08:16 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 08:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
15:47 to 08:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 15:47 – 19:04
- Brahma Muhurta 06:01 – 07:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:43 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 07:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 17:16
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 08:32 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 08:16
- Karana Vanija until 17:16, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:16 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 08:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 17:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:43 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 07:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 12:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:16 – 03:43 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:43 – 05:42 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:51 – 06:49 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. 06:01 – 07:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 15:47 – 19:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:12 – 08:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:12 – 17:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 08:12 – 09:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:06 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:03 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 12:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:57 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Char | 13:53 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 15:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 15:47 – 17:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 17:51 – 19:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:57 | Good |
| Char | 21:57 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:06 – 06:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:09 – 08:13 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
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 06:01 – 08:16 Scorpio
- 08:16 – 10:11 Sagittarius
- 10:11 – 11:23 Capricorn
- 11:23 – 12:14 Aquarius
- 12:14 – 13:03 Pisces
- 13:03 – 14:04 Aries
- 14:04 – 15:40 Taurus
- 15:40 – 18:04 Gemini
- 18:04 – 20:55 Cancer
- 20:55 – 23:48 Leo
- 23:48 – 02:41 next day Virgo
- 02:41 – 05:34 next day Libra
- 05:34 – 08:12 next day Scorpio
- 08:12 – 08:13 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