Lucknow panchang, 18 May 2025
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 23:50 Vaishakha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 18:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta 16:59 – 17:53
- Rahu Kalam 17:06 – 18:47
- 05:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:09 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:47 to 05:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 05:58
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:52 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 06:42
- Karana Taitila until 05:58, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:52 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:59 – 17:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:06 – 18:47
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. 03:54 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 20:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:18 – 18:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:52 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:59 – 08:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:40 – 10:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:21 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:47 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:06 – 21:25 | Good |
| Char | 21:25 – 22:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:43 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:21 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:40 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:59 – 05:17 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
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:10 Aries
- 05:10 – 07:06 Taurus
- 07:06 – 09:20 Gemini
- 09:20 – 11:39 Cancer
- 11:39 – 13:55 Leo
- 13:55 – 16:09 Virgo
- 16:09 – 18:27 Libra
- 18:27 – 20:45 Scorpio
- 20:45 – 22:49 Sagittarius
- 22:49 – 00:33 next day Capricorn
- 00:33 – 02:02 next day Aquarius
- 02:02 – 03:29 next day Pisces
- 03:29 – 05:06 next day Aries
- 05:06 – 05:17 next day Taurus
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