Lucknow panchang, 8 January 2025
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 12:30 Pausha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:57 to 17:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:16 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:31
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:29 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:28 to 06:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 14:26
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 16:29 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 20:23
- Karana Kaulava until 14:26, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:29 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:31
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:57 – 16:29
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:29 – 06:57 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. 05:09 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:57 – 06:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:57 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:28 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 05:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:16 – 06:57 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
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:20 Scorpio
- 05:20 – 07:24 Sagittarius
- 07:24 – 09:08 Capricorn
- 09:08 – 10:37 Aquarius
- 10:37 – 12:04 Pisces
- 12:04 – 13:41 Aries
- 13:41 – 15:37 Taurus
- 15:37 – 17:52 Gemini
- 17:52 – 20:10 Cancer
- 20:10 – 22:26 Leo
- 22:26 – 00:40 next day Virgo
- 00:40 – 02:58 next day Libra
- 02:58 – 05:16 next day Scorpio
- 05:16 – 06:57 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