London panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 20:45 Moonrise 04:18 Vaishakha month
London, England, United Kingdom · 51.51°, -0.13° · Europe/London (UTC+01:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:09 to 20:45- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:09 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 05:09 – 06:11
- Durmuhurta 06:11 – 07:13
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 14:54 – 16:51
- 05:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 10:53 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:16 Moon enters Taurus
Night
20:45 to 05:07 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:45 – 22:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 01:45 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 21:01
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 05:55
- Karana Chatushpada until 10:53, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 10:53 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 21:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 01:45 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:09 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:09 – 06:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:11 – 07:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 11:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:51
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:45 – 04:09 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. 04:01 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:45 – 22:26
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:09 – 07:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:06 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:00 – 12:57 | Bad |
| Char | 12:57 – 14:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:54 – 16:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:51 – 18:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:48 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 21:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:48 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:51 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:56 – 01:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:59 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:04 – 05:07 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
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:06 Pisces
- 04:06 – 05:10 Aries
- 05:10 – 06:48 Taurus
- 06:48 – 09:11 Gemini
- 09:11 – 11:59 Cancer
- 11:59 – 14:50 Leo
- 14:50 – 17:40 Virgo
- 17:40 – 20:31 Libra
- 20:31 – 23:08 Scorpio
- 23:08 – 01:03 next day Sagittarius
- 01:03 – 02:17 next day Capricorn
- 02:17 – 03:11 next day Aquarius
- 03:11 – 04:02 next day Pisces
- 04:02 – 05:06 next day Aries
- 05:06 – 05:07 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