Lucknow panchang, 18 August 2025
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 00:16 Shravana 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 18:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:17 – 08:55
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:03
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:39 to 05:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:59 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 17:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:06 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 22:59
- Karana Vanija until 06:22, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:59 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:59 – 00:11 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. 04:12 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 20:51
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:40 – 02:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:40 – 02:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:40 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:17 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:55 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:24 – 17:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:02 – 18:39 | Good |
| Char | 18:39 – 20:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:02 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:24 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:55 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:18 – 05:40 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:38 Cancer
- 05:38 – 07:53 Leo
- 07:53 – 10:07 Virgo
- 10:07 – 12:25 Libra
- 12:25 – 14:43 Scorpio
- 14:43 – 16:47 Sagittarius
- 16:47 – 18:31 Capricorn
- 18:31 – 20:00 Aquarius
- 20:00 – 21:27 Pisces
- 21:27 – 23:04 Aries
- 23:04 – 01:01 next day Taurus
- 01:01 – 03:15 next day Gemini
- 03:15 – 05:34 next day Cancer
- 05:34 – 05:40 next day Leo
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