Lucknow panchang, 2 October 2024
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 05:26 Bhadrapada month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:24
- 10:59 Karana becomes Naga
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:50 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:21 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 00:19 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:22 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 03:21 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 10:59, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:59 Karana becomes Naga
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:21 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:24
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. 04:23 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:22 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:50 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 04:55 Leo
- 04:55 – 07:10 Virgo
- 07:10 – 09:27 Libra
- 09:27 – 11:45 Scorpio
- 11:45 – 13:49 Sagittarius
- 13:49 – 15:33 Capricorn
- 15:33 – 17:02 Aquarius
- 17:02 – 18:29 Pisces
- 18:29 – 20:06 Aries
- 20:06 – 22:03 Taurus
- 22:03 – 00:17 next day Gemini
- 00:17 – 02:36 next day Cancer
- 02:36 – 04:51 next day Leo
- 04:51 – 06:00 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