Lucknow panchang, 18 September 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 18:24 Bhadrapada month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:28 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:31
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:06 to 05:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 08:04
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 23:28
- Karana Bava until 08:04, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:41 – 06:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:31
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:38 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:43 – 22:33
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. 04:19 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:19 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:25 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:28 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:06 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:34 – 21:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:50 Leo
- 05:50 – 08:05 Virgo
- 08:05 – 10:22 Libra
- 10:22 – 12:40 Scorpio
- 12:40 – 14:45 Sagittarius
- 14:45 – 16:28 Capricorn
- 16:28 – 17:58 Aquarius
- 17:58 – 19:24 Pisces
- 19:24 – 21:01 Aries
- 21:01 – 22:58 Taurus
- 22:58 – 01:12 next day Gemini
- 01:12 – 03:31 next day Cancer
- 03:31 – 05:46 next day Leo
- 05:46 – 05:54 next day Virgo
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