Lucknow panchang, 20 December 2024
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 22:13 Margashirsha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 17:16- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:09 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:45 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:40 – 15:58
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:49 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:16 to 06:52 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 10:49
- Nakshatra Magha until 03:47 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 18:11
- Karana Taitila until 10:49, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 15:58
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:51 – 03:47 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. 05:02 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:49 – 06:52 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:47 – 06:52 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:47 – 06:52 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:47 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:51 – 08:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:09 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:45 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:40 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Char | 15:58 – 17:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:16 – 18:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:40 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:46 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:28 – 05:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:10 – 06:52 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
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:34 Scorpio
- 06:34 – 08:39 Sagittarius
- 08:39 – 10:23 Capricorn
- 10:23 – 11:52 Aquarius
- 11:52 – 13:19 Pisces
- 13:19 – 14:56 Aries
- 14:56 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:06 Gemini
- 19:06 – 21:25 Cancer
- 21:25 – 23:41 Leo
- 23:41 – 01:55 next day Virgo
- 01:55 – 04:13 next day Libra
- 04:13 – 06:31 next day Scorpio
- 06:31 – 06:52 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