Lucknow panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 20:17 Margashirsha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:21
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:15 to 06:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 19:33
- Karana Vishti until 10:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:33 – 18:33 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. 05:01 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:58
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Char | 14:39 – 15:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:57 – 17:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:57 – 20:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:39 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:50 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
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:42 Scorpio
- 06:42 – 08:47 Sagittarius
- 08:47 – 10:30 Capricorn
- 10:30 – 12:00 Aquarius
- 12:00 – 13:27 Pisces
- 13:27 – 15:03 Aries
- 15:03 – 17:00 Taurus
- 17:00 – 19:14 Gemini
- 19:14 – 21:33 Cancer
- 21:33 – 23:48 Leo
- 23:48 – 02:03 next day Virgo
- 02:03 – 04:21 next day Libra
- 04:21 – 06:38 next day Scorpio
- 06:38 – 06:50 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