Lucknow panchang, 19 March 2025
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 22:51 Phalguna month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:44
- 11:25 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:06 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:16 to 06:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:50 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 00:37 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 17:37
- Karana Kaulava until 11:25, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:25 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:06 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 20:50 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:37 – 18:49
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. 04:36 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:39
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 20:50 – 06:11 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:50 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 06:11 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
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 06:02 Aquarius
- 06:02 – 07:29 Pisces
- 07:29 – 09:06 Aries
- 09:06 – 11:02 Taurus
- 11:02 – 13:16 Gemini
- 13:16 – 15:35 Cancer
- 15:35 – 17:51 Leo
- 17:51 – 20:05 Virgo
- 20:05 – 22:23 Libra
- 22:23 – 00:41 next day Scorpio
- 00:41 – 02:45 next day Sagittarius
- 02:45 – 04:29 next day Capricorn
- 04:29 – 05:58 next day Aquarius
- 05:58 – 06:11 next day Pisces
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