Vedic Astrology in Leicester: Panchang, Kundli & Muhurat

Astrology tools for Leicester

Upcoming vrat and festival dates in Leicester

• Krishna Ekadashi from Wed 4 Nov, 5:33 AM to Thu 5 Nov, 5:06 AM
• Amavasya (New Moon) from Sun 8 Nov, 5:58 AM to Mon 9 Nov, 7:02 AM
• Vrishchika Sankranti (Sun enters Vrishchika (Scorpio)) Mon 16 Nov, 2:05 PM
• Shukla Ekadashi from Fri 20 Nov, 1:46 AM to Sat 21 Nov, 1:02 AM
• Purnima (Full Moon) from Mon 23 Nov, 6:13 PM to Tue 24 Nov, 2:53 PM
• Sankashti Chaturthi (Krishna Chaturthi) from Fri 27 Nov, 4:19 AM to Sat 28 Nov, 1:10 AM

Start and end times are in Leicester time. A vrat is usually kept on the day the Tithi is running at sunrise; your family or temple tradition may differ.

Vedic traditions in Leicester

Leicester's Diwali celebrations on Belgrave Road, the "Golden Mile", are among the biggest outside India. The city has a large Gujarati community, so Navratri garba, Diwali and the Gujarati new year are the high points of the year, and Muhurat for weddings and new businesses is in steady demand.

Leicester by the numbers

Daylight in Leicester today lasts 9 h 41 min. Over the year it ranges from about 7 h 38 min to 16 h 52 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 Leicester today is 6:57 AM, 1 minutes earlier on the clock than in Coventry (36 km away). Even nearby cities need their own Panchang.

On 30 October the sunrise Tithi in Leicester 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.

Vedic astrology for families in United Kingdom

British Indian families have kept Vedic traditions alive for generations, from Navratri garba nights to Diwali on Belgrave Road. In the UK the clocks switch between GMT and British Summer Time, and summer days are far longer than in India, so Rahu Kaal and the Abhijit Muhurat can be very different in length. Use these pages for timings that match your own city.

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Time in Leicester and why it matters

Leicester is on Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0), 5 h 30 min behind India.

Leicester uses daylight saving time, so the gap to India changes during the year:

• 25 October 2026: clocks go back to UTC+0
• 28 March 2027: clocks go forward to UTC+1
• 31 October 2027: clocks go back to UTC+0

If you were born in Leicester, 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.