Lucknow panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 04:22 Margashirsha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 17:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:20
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:15 to 06:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:33 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:16
- Karana Gara until 13:16, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:20
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. 05:01 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:58
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:11 – 06:50 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:11 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:49 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Char | 14:38 – 15:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:56 – 17:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:56 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:50 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
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:47 Scorpio
- 06:47 – 08:52 Sagittarius
- 08:52 – 10:35 Capricorn
- 10:35 – 12:05 Aquarius
- 12:05 – 13:31 Pisces
- 13:31 – 15:08 Aries
- 15:08 – 17:05 Taurus
- 17:05 – 19:19 Gemini
- 19:19 – 21:38 Cancer
- 21:38 – 23:53 Leo
- 23:53 – 02:08 next day Virgo
- 02:08 – 04:26 next day Libra
- 04:26 – 06:43 next day Scorpio
- 06:43 – 06:50 next day Sagittarius
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