Lucknow panchang, 18 April 2025
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 23:32 Chaitra month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:16 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam 10:29 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:54
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:07 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:30 to 05:39 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:07
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:21 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 01:03 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:07, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:50 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:54
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:40 – 08:21
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. 04:11 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:30 – 20:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:07 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:40 – 07:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:53 – 10:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:29 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:30 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:28 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:52 – 04:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:16 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:31 Pisces
- 05:31 – 07:08 Aries
- 07:08 – 09:04 Taurus
- 09:04 – 11:18 Gemini
- 11:18 – 13:37 Cancer
- 13:37 – 15:53 Leo
- 15:53 – 18:07 Virgo
- 18:07 – 20:25 Libra
- 20:25 – 22:43 Scorpio
- 22:43 – 00:47 next day Sagittarius
- 00:47 – 02:31 next day Capricorn
- 02:31 – 04:00 next day Aquarius
- 04:00 – 05:27 next day Pisces
- 05:27 – 05:39 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