Lucknow panchang, 23 April 2025
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 02:30 Chaitra month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:13 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:42
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:33 to 05:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:43
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:07 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 18:51
- Karana Vishti until 16:43, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:34 – 16:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:42
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:35 – 12:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:37 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:38 – 15:36
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. 04:07 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:45
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:13 – 08:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:50 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:12 – 05:35 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
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:11 Pisces
- 05:11 – 06:48 Aries
- 06:48 – 08:45 Taurus
- 08:45 – 10:59 Gemini
- 10:59 – 13:18 Cancer
- 13:18 – 15:33 Leo
- 15:33 – 17:47 Virgo
- 17:47 – 20:05 Libra
- 20:05 – 22:23 Scorpio
- 22:23 – 00:27 next day Sagittarius
- 00:27 – 02:11 next day Capricorn
- 02:11 – 03:40 next day Aquarius
- 03:40 – 05:07 next day Pisces
- 05:07 – 05:35 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