Leicester panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 08:16 Sunset 15:50 Moonrise 14:46 Margashirsha month
Leicester, England, United Kingdom · 52.64°, -1.13° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
08:16 to 15:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:13 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:00
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
15:50 to 08:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 15:50 – 19:07
- Brahma Muhurta 06:05 – 07:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 07:21 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 01:28 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:23 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 11:45
- Karana Vishti until 15:23, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 01:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 07:21 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:00
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. 06:05 – 07:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 15:50 – 19:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:16 – 23:23
Choghadiya
| Labh | 08:16 – 09:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:13 – 10:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:10 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:00 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Char | 13:57 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 15:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 15:50 – 17:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 17:53 – 19:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:57 – 22:00 | Good |
| Char | 22:00 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:07 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 06:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:13 – 08:16 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
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 06:05 – 07:49 Scorpio
- 07:49 – 09:43 Sagittarius
- 09:43 – 10:55 Capricorn
- 10:55 – 11:47 Aquarius
- 11:47 – 12:35 Pisces
- 12:35 – 13:37 Aries
- 13:37 – 15:13 Taurus
- 15:13 – 17:37 Gemini
- 17:37 – 20:28 Cancer
- 20:28 – 23:21 Leo
- 23:21 – 02:13 next day Virgo
- 02:13 – 05:07 next day Libra
- 05:07 – 07:45 next day Scorpio
- 07:45 – 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