Saturday, 24 October 2026 · England, UK · from sunrise to the next sunrise, all times in BST (UTC+01:00)
The tithi in force at sunrise names the day. In London the sun rose at 7:40 AM in Shukla Trayodashi, which runs until 9:07 AM; after that comes Shukla Chaturdashi, until 6:27 AM (Sun 25 Oct). Shukla Chaturdashi begins and ends before the next sunrise, so no sunrise falls in it: a kshaya tithi, which gives its name to no day here. A tithi ends at the same instant everywhere on Earth; what changes from city to city is the local clock time and which tithi is running at the local sunrise. Many fasts and festivals are decided by the tithi at another time of day (midday, evening, midnight or moonrise), so the sunrise tithi alone does not settle their dates.
Also written: Prathama (Pratipada), Ekadasi (Ekadashi), Poornima or Pournami (Purnima), Moola (Mula), Svati (Swati), Dhanishtha (Dhanishta), Shatabhishak (Shatabhisha), Garaja (Gara) and Bhadra (Vishti karana). Next clock change in London: Sunday, 25 October 2026, when the clocks go back and times move to GMT (UTC+00:00).
The clocks go back one hour tonight, from BST to GMT; times after the change below are in GMT.
| Limb | Name | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Shukla Trayodashi | until 9:07 AM |
| Shukla Chaturdashi | until 6:27 AM (Sun 25 Oct) | |
| Nakshatra | Uttara Bhadrapada | until 4:02 PM |
| Revati | until 1:52 PM (Sun 25 Oct) | |
| Yoga | Vyaghata | until 3:31 PM |
| Harshana | until 11:52 AM (Sun 25 Oct) | |
| Karana | Taitila | until 9:07 AM |
| Gara | until 8:22 PM | |
| Weekday | Saturday | from sunrise |
| Sunrise | 7:40 AM |
|---|---|
| Sunset | 5:49 PM |
| Moonrise | 4:46 PM |
| Moonset | 5:49 AM (Sun 25 Oct) |
| Day length | 10 hr 9 min |
| Night length | 13 hr 53 min |
Sunrise and sunset are when the top edge of the sun meets the horizon, and moonrise and moonset when the top edge of the moon does, with normal atmospheric refraction. Calendars that use the centre of the moon print moonrise a few minutes later.
| Period | Time |
|---|---|
| Rahu Kalam | 10:12 AM – 11:28 AM |
| Yamagandam | 2:00 PM – 3:17 PM |
| Gulika Kalam | 7:40 AM – 8:56 AM |
| Dur Muhurtam | 7:40 AM – 8:20 AM |
| Dur Muhurtam | 8:20 AM – 9:01 AM |
| Varjyam | 2:27 AM – 3:59 AM (Sun 25 Oct) |
| Window | Time |
|---|---|
| Brahma Muhurta | 5:49 AM – 6:45 AM |
| Pratah Sandhya (morning twilight) | 6:17 AM – 7:40 AM |
| Amrit Kalam | 11:20 AM – 12:54 PM |
| Abhijit Muhurta | 12:24 PM – 1:05 PM |
| Vijaya Muhurta | 2:26 PM – 3:06 PM |
| Sayahna Sandhya (evening twilight) | 5:49 PM – 7:12 PM |
| Nishita Muhurta | 12:17 AM – 1:13 AM BST (Sun 25 Oct) |
| Paksha | Shukla Paksha |
|---|---|
| Month, Purnimanta (North India) | Ashwina |
| Month, Amanta (Gujarat, Maharashtra, South India) | Ashwina |
| Vikram Samvat (from Chaitra) | 2083 |
| Shaka Samvat (Shalivahana) | 1948 |
| Moon sign | Meena |
| Sun sign | Tula |
| Ritu (by the sidereal sun) | Sharada |
| Ayana | Dakshinayana |
Two ways of naming the lunar month are in use. In the Purnimanta reckoning, common in North India, a month ends at the full moon; in the Amanta reckoning, used in Gujarat, Maharashtra and South India, it ends at the new moon. In the Shukla (bright) half both give the same name; in the Krishna (dark) half the Purnimanta name is one month ahead, except in an adhika (extra) month, which keeps its name throughout. The day and the tithi are the same in both. The Vikram Samvat year here begins in Chaitra, as in North India; in Gujarat it begins after Diwali, in Kartika, so between Chaitra and Kartika the Gujarati year number is one less. The moon and sun signs and the ayana here are sidereal (Lahiri ayanamsa). The ritu is counted from the Sun's sidereal sign, two signs to a season (Mesha and Vrishabha Vasanta, Mithuna and Karka Grishma, Simha and Kanya Varsha, Tula and Vrishchika Sharada, Dhanu and Makara Hemanta, Kumbha and Meena Shishira); calendars that count the seasons by the lunar months or by the tropical sun can show the next season.
The same page serves Harrow, Hounslow, Wembley and Southall: tithi and nakshatra end at the same moments there, and sunrise, sunset and the times worked out from them can differ by up to 2 minutes.