London panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 20:00 Moonrise 05:55 Vaishakha month
London, England, United Kingdom · 51.51°, -0.13° · Europe/London (UTC+01:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 20:00- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:00 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam 09:30 – 11:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:32 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:30
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
20:00 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:00 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:41
- Nakshatra Bharani until 02:40 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 19:26
- Karana Bava until 09:41, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 20:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 11:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:30
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. 04:39 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:32 – 13:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:00 – 22:00
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:00 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:45 – 09:30 | Good |
| Rog | 09:30 – 11:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:15 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Char | 13:00 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 18:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:15 – 20:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:00 – 21:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:15 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:29 – 23:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:44 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:59 – 02:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:13 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:28 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:43 – 05:58 next day | Good |
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
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:05 Aquarius
- 05:05 – 05:56 Pisces
- 05:56 – 07:00 Aries
- 07:00 – 08:38 Taurus
- 08:38 – 11:01 Gemini
- 11:01 – 13:50 Cancer
- 13:50 – 16:40 Leo
- 16:40 – 19:30 Virgo
- 19:30 – 22:21 Libra
- 22:21 – 00:58 next day Scorpio
- 00:58 – 02:53 next day Sagittarius
- 02:53 – 04:07 next day Capricorn
- 04:07 – 05:01 next day Aquarius
- 05:01 – 05:52 next day Pisces
- 05:52 – 05:58 next day Aries
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