Lucknow panchang, 14 August 2024
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 14:13 Shravana month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:48
- 10:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:12 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:42 to 05:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:32 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 10:24
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 12:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 16:05
- Karana Kaulava until 10:24, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:12 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:32 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:05 – 14:58 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. 04:11 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 20:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:38 – 12:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:38 – 12:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:38 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:38 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:42 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:52 Cancer
- 05:52 – 08:08 Leo
- 08:08 – 10:22 Virgo
- 10:22 – 12:40 Libra
- 12:40 – 14:58 Scorpio
- 14:58 – 17:02 Sagittarius
- 17:02 – 18:46 Capricorn
- 18:46 – 20:15 Aquarius
- 20:15 – 21:42 Pisces
- 21:42 – 23:19 Aries
- 23:19 – 01:15 next day Taurus
- 01:15 – 03:30 next day Gemini
- 03:30 – 05:39 next day Cancer
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 IST (UTC+5:30) · Method