Lucknow panchang, 24 December 2025
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 09:59 Pausha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 17:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:11 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:24
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:18 to 06:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:18 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:46 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:11
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 16:02
- Karana Vishti until 13:11, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:46 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:02 – 17:14
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:07 – 06:53 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. 05:04 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 20:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:53 – 07:07
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:11 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Char | 14:42 – 16:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:00 – 17:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:18 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:00 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:11 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:20 Scorpio
- 06:20 – 08:24 Sagittarius
- 08:24 – 10:08 Capricorn
- 10:08 – 11:37 Aquarius
- 11:37 – 13:04 Pisces
- 13:04 – 14:41 Aries
- 14:41 – 16:37 Taurus
- 16:37 – 18:52 Gemini
- 18:52 – 21:10 Cancer
- 21:10 – 23:26 Leo
- 23:26 – 01:40 next day Virgo
- 01:40 – 03:58 next day Libra
- 03:58 – 06:16 next day Scorpio
- 06:16 – 06:53 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