Lucknow panchang, 12 March 2025
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 16:37 Phalguna month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 18:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:45
- 09:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:12 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 09:12
- Nakshatra Magha until 04:05 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 13:00
- Karana Taitila until 09:12, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:45
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. 04:42 – 05:31
- 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 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:20 – 04:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:12 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:43 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:18 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:00 Capricorn
- 05:00 – 06:29 Aquarius
- 06:29 – 07:56 Pisces
- 07:56 – 09:33 Aries
- 09:33 – 11:30 Taurus
- 11:30 – 13:44 Gemini
- 13:44 – 16:03 Cancer
- 16:03 – 18:18 Leo
- 18:18 – 20:33 Virgo
- 20:33 – 22:50 Libra
- 22:50 – 01:08 next day Scorpio
- 01:08 – 03:13 next day Sagittarius
- 03:13 – 04:56 next day Capricorn
- 04:56 – 06:18 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