Lucknow panchang, 18 December 2025
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 05:18 Margashirsha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:15- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:50 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam 09:26 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:28 – 15:10
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:15 to 06:50 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:59 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:05
- Karana Vishti until 15:47, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:28 – 15:10
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:05 – 17:05
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:50 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:59 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:50 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:08 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Char | 10:44 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:39 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:57 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:57 – 20:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:39 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:45 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:27 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:50 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
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
- 05:50 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:43 Scorpio
- 06:43 – 08:48 Sagittarius
- 08:48 – 10:31 Capricorn
- 10:31 – 12:01 Aquarius
- 12:01 – 13:28 Pisces
- 13:28 – 15:04 Aries
- 15:04 – 17:01 Taurus
- 17:01 – 19:15 Gemini
- 19:15 – 21:34 Cancer
- 21:34 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 02:04 next day Virgo
- 02:04 – 04:22 next day Libra
- 04:22 – 06:39 next day Scorpio
- 06:39 – 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