Lucknow panchang, 21 May 2025
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 01:03 Vaishakha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:58 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:44
- 16:13 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:49 to 05:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 03:22 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 18:58 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 00:34 next day
- Karana Taitila until 16:13, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 16:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:50 – 00:34 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:34 – 01:46 next day
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. 03:53 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:17 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:58 – 08:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:40 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:07 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:39 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:58 – 05:16 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
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:58 Aries
- 04:58 – 06:54 Taurus
- 06:54 – 09:09 Gemini
- 09:09 – 11:28 Cancer
- 11:28 – 13:43 Leo
- 13:43 – 15:57 Virgo
- 15:57 – 18:15 Libra
- 18:15 – 20:33 Scorpio
- 20:33 – 22:37 Sagittarius
- 22:37 – 00:21 next day Capricorn
- 00:21 – 01:50 next day Aquarius
- 01:50 – 03:17 next day Pisces
- 03:17 – 04:54 next day Aries
- 04:54 – 05:16 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