Leicester panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 08:15 Sunset 15:49 Moonrise 13:08 Margashirsha month
Leicester, England, United Kingdom · 52.64°, -1.13° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
08:15 to 15:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 09:12 – 10:09
- Yamaganda 11:05 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam 12:59 – 13:56
- Durmuhurta 13:48 – 14:18
- 12:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 12:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:06 Moon enters Taurus
Night
15:49 to 08:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 15:49 – 19:06
- Brahma Muhurta 06:04 – 07:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 22:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 12:06
- Nakshatra Krittika until 05:15 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 20:02
- Karana Balava until 12:06, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 12:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:06 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 22:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:59 – 13:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:48 – 14:18
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. 06:04 – 07:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 15:49 – 19:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:15 – 08:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:15 – 08:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:09 – 11:05 | Good |
| Rog | 11:05 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Char | 12:59 – 13:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:56 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 15:49 | Good |
| Char | 15:49 – 17:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 17:52 – 19:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:56 – 21:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:59 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:06 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:09 – 06:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 06:12 – 08:16 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
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 06:04 – 07:57 Scorpio
- 07:57 – 09:51 Sagittarius
- 09:51 – 11:03 Capricorn
- 11:03 – 11:55 Aquarius
- 11:55 – 12:43 Pisces
- 12:43 – 13:45 Aries
- 13:45 – 15:21 Taurus
- 15:21 – 17:45 Gemini
- 17:45 – 20:36 Cancer
- 20:36 – 23:29 Leo
- 23:29 – 02:21 next day Virgo
- 02:21 – 05:14 next day Libra
- 05:14 – 07:53 next day Scorpio
- 07:53 – 08:16 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