Lucknow panchang, 27 August 2025
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 09:12 Bhadrapada month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:43
- 06:04 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:34 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:44 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:30 to 05:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Moon enters Libra
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 15:44
- Nakshatra Hasta until 06:04 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 12:34
- Karana Vishti until 15:44, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:04 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:34 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:21 Moon enters Libra
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:43
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 09:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 08:05 – 10:18
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. 04:14 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 06:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:44 – 06:04
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:44 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:30 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:20 – 05:45 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
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 05:02 Cancer
- 05:02 – 07:18 Leo
- 07:18 – 09:32 Virgo
- 09:32 – 11:50 Libra
- 11:50 – 14:08 Scorpio
- 14:08 – 16:12 Sagittarius
- 16:12 – 17:56 Capricorn
- 17:56 – 19:25 Aquarius
- 19:25 – 20:52 Pisces
- 20:52 – 22:29 Aries
- 22:29 – 00:25 next day Taurus
- 00:25 – 02:39 next day Gemini
- 02:39 – 04:58 next day Cancer
- 04:58 – 05:45 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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