Lucknow panchang, 20 April 2025
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 00:23 Chaitra month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:32- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta 16:48 – 17:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:55 – 18:32
- 06:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:04 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:32 to 05:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:01
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 11:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 00:12 next day
- Karana Vishti until 06:46, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:04 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:48 – 17:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:55 – 18:32
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. 04:09 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:38 – 11:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:48 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:38 – 07:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:15 – 08:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:52 – 10:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:28 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:18 | Good |
| Rog | 15:18 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:55 – 18:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:32 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:55 – 21:18 | Good |
| Char | 21:18 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:28 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:51 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:14 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:23 Pisces
- 05:23 – 07:00 Aries
- 07:00 – 08:56 Taurus
- 08:56 – 11:11 Gemini
- 11:11 – 13:29 Cancer
- 13:29 – 15:45 Leo
- 15:45 – 17:59 Virgo
- 17:59 – 20:17 Libra
- 20:17 – 22:35 Scorpio
- 22:35 – 00:39 next day Sagittarius
- 00:39 – 02:23 next day Capricorn
- 02:23 – 03:52 next day Aquarius
- 03:52 – 05:19 next day Pisces
- 05:19 – 05:37 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