Lucknow panchang, 1 January 2025
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 08:13 Pausha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 17:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:14 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam 10:51 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:28
- 14:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:06 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:23 to 06:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:24 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 23:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:06
- Karana Balava until 14:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:06 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:28
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. 05:07 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:06
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:56 – 02:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:14 – 09:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:33 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:51 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:05 – 17:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:23 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:05 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:28 | Good |
| Char | 22:28 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:51 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:14 – 06:56 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
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:47 Scorpio
- 05:47 – 07:52 Sagittarius
- 07:52 – 09:35 Capricorn
- 09:35 – 11:05 Aquarius
- 11:05 – 12:32 Pisces
- 12:32 – 14:08 Aries
- 14:08 – 16:05 Taurus
- 16:05 – 18:19 Gemini
- 18:19 – 20:38 Cancer
- 20:38 – 22:53 Leo
- 22:53 – 01:08 next day Virgo
- 01:08 – 03:26 next day Libra
- 03:26 – 05:43 next day Scorpio
- 05:43 – 06:56 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