Lucknow panchang, 25 December 2024
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 01:41 Margashirsha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 17:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:12 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:24
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:19 to 06:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 22:29
- Nakshatra Chitra until 15:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 21:46
- Karana Vanija until 09:13, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 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. 05:05 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 20:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:12 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Char | 14:42 – 16:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:00 – 17:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:19 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:01 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:12 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:15 Scorpio
- 06:15 – 08:19 Sagittarius
- 08:19 – 10:03 Capricorn
- 10:03 – 11:32 Aquarius
- 11:32 – 12:59 Pisces
- 12:59 – 14:36 Aries
- 14:36 – 16:32 Taurus
- 16:32 – 18:47 Gemini
- 18:47 – 21:05 Cancer
- 21:05 – 23:21 Leo
- 23:21 – 01:35 next day Virgo
- 01:35 – 03:53 next day Libra
- 03:53 – 06:11 next day Scorpio
- 06:11 – 06:54 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