Lucknow panchang, 15 December 2024
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 17:05 Margashirsha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 17:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:37 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta 15:50 – 16:32
- Rahu Kalam 15:56 – 17:14
- 14:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:04 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:14 to 06:49 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 14:31
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:20 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 02:03 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:31, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:50 – 16:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:56 – 17:14
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. 05:00 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:57
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:48 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:06 – 09:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:25 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:37 | Good |
| Rog | 14:37 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:56 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:14 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:56 – 20:38 | Good |
| Char | 20:38 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:43 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:25 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:07 – 06:49 next day | Good |
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
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 05:48 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:54 Scorpio
- 06:54 – 08:59 Sagittarius
- 08:59 – 10:42 Capricorn
- 10:42 – 12:12 Aquarius
- 12:12 – 13:38 Pisces
- 13:38 – 15:15 Aries
- 15:15 – 17:12 Taurus
- 17:12 – 19:26 Gemini
- 19:26 – 21:45 Cancer
- 21:45 – 00:00 next day Leo
- 00:00 – 02:15 next day Virgo
- 02:15 – 04:33 next day Libra
- 04:33 – 06:49 next day Scorpio
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