Lucknow panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 21:41 Chaitra month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:42
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:29 to 05:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:17
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 05:55 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:18 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:17, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:32 – 00:18 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:42
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. 04:12 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:44
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:42 – 05:41 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:42 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:53 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:41 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
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:39 Pisces
- 05:39 – 07:16 Aries
- 07:16 – 09:12 Taurus
- 09:12 – 11:26 Gemini
- 11:26 – 13:45 Cancer
- 13:45 – 16:01 Leo
- 16:01 – 18:15 Virgo
- 18:15 – 20:33 Libra
- 20:33 – 22:51 Scorpio
- 22:51 – 00:55 next day Sagittarius
- 00:55 – 02:39 next day Capricorn
- 02:39 – 04:08 next day Aquarius
- 04:08 – 05:35 next day Pisces
- 05:35 – 05:41 next day Aries
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