Lucknow panchang, 16 February 2025
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 21:23 Magha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:09 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:13
- Rahu Kalam 16:33 – 17:58
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:02 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:58 to 06:42 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 02:16 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 04:31 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:05
- Karana Bava until 13:02, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:05 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:33 – 17:58
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 02:16 – 04:31 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. 05:00 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:42 – 02:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:42 – 04:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:42 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:07 – 09:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:31 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:09 | Good |
| Rog | 15:09 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:33 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:58 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:33 – 21:09 | Good |
| Char | 21:09 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:20 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:55 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:31 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:06 – 06:42 next day | Good |
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
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:35 Capricorn
- 06:35 – 08:04 Aquarius
- 08:04 – 09:31 Pisces
- 09:31 – 11:08 Aries
- 11:08 – 13:04 Taurus
- 13:04 – 15:18 Gemini
- 15:18 – 17:37 Cancer
- 17:37 – 19:53 Leo
- 19:53 – 22:07 Virgo
- 22:07 – 00:25 next day Libra
- 00:25 – 02:43 next day Scorpio
- 02:43 – 04:47 next day Sagittarius
- 04:47 – 06:31 next day Capricorn
- 06:31 – 06:42 next day Aquarius
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