👶 Birmingham, England
Babies born in Birmingham need their Nakshatra calculated in Birmingham local time, not Indian time. Enter the birth date, time and place below to get the Nakshatra, its pada and a list of meaningful names that suit it.
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The Moon moves through one Nakshatra in about a day, and through one pada in about six hours, so the birth time matters. Enter the time on the birth record exactly as written; in Birmingham that is Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0), 5 h 30 min behind India. Below you can see the Nakshatra in Birmingham right now and its syllables.
At sunrise today in Birmingham the Moon is in Ardra, pada 1. Names for a baby born in this Nakshatra traditionally start with: Ku, Gha, Ng, Chha (one syllable for each of the four padas).
| Day (Vara) | Shukravar (Friday) |
|---|---|
| Tithi at sunrise | Krishna Panchami until Fri 30 Oct, 1:55 PM |
| Nakshatra | Ardra (pada 1) until Sat 31 Oct, 1:41 AM |
| Sunrise / Sunset | 7:00 AM / 4:42 PM |
| Rahu Kaal (avoid) | 10:38 AM – 11:51 AM |
| Abhijit Muhurat (good) | 11:31 AM – 12:10 PM |
All times are Birmingham local time (Greenwich Mean Time, UTC+0). Calculated from Birmingham's own sunrise with the Lahiri ayanamsa.
Start and end times are in Birmingham time. A vrat is usually kept on the day the Tithi is running at sunrise; your family or temple tradition may differ.
Daylight in Birmingham today lasts 9 h 42 min. Over the year it ranges from about 7 h 40 min to 16 h 50 min, so Rahu Kaal here is anywhere from 57 to 126 minutes long, and every daytime Muhurat stretches and shrinks with the seasons.
Sunrise in Birmingham today is 7:00 AM, 2 minutes later on the clock than in Coventry (27 km away). Even nearby cities need their own Panchang.
On 30 October the sunrise Tithi in Birmingham is Krishna Panchami; in Delhi it is Krishna Panchami. They match today, but on many days they do not, especially around Ekadashi and Purnima, so check before a vrat.
Birmingham is on Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0), 5 h 30 min behind India.
Birmingham uses daylight saving time, so the gap to India changes during the year:
If you were born in Birmingham, enter your birth time exactly as it is written on your birth certificate. That is the local clock time, already including summer time if it applied, and the birthplace tells the calculation which time zone to use.
Birmingham and the Black Country have long-established Indian communities. The Shri Venkateswara (Balaji) Temple in Tividale is one of the largest Hindu temples in Britain, and families travel from across the Midlands for festivals and weddings there.
At sunrise today in Birmingham the Moon is in Ardra. It changes about once a day, and the page shows when it changes.
Yes. The Parent Blend tool suggests modern names that combine both parents' names.
No. Use the local time on the birth record and Birmingham as the birthplace. Zodastro converts it to work out the correct Nakshatra.
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