Lucknow panchang, 16 December 2024
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 18:08 Margashirsha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 17:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:07 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta 14:27 – 15:09
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:14 to 06:49 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:27
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:13 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 23:22
- Karana Kaulava until 12:27, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:27 – 15:09
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) 11:41 – 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
| Amrit | 06:49 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:07 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:25 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:38 – 15:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:56 – 17:14 | Good |
| Char | 17:14 – 18:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:56 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:38 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:07 – 06:49 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:50 Scorpio
- 06:50 – 08:55 Sagittarius
- 08:55 – 10:38 Capricorn
- 10:38 – 12:08 Aquarius
- 12:08 – 13:34 Pisces
- 13:34 – 15:11 Aries
- 15:11 – 17:08 Taurus
- 17:08 – 19:22 Gemini
- 19:22 – 21:41 Cancer
- 21:41 – 23:56 Leo
- 23:56 – 02:11 next day Virgo
- 02:11 – 04:29 next day Libra
- 04:29 – 06:46 next day Scorpio
- 06:46 – 06:49 next day Sagittarius
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