Lucknow panchang, 2 January 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 16:09 Pausha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 17:24- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:14 – 09:33
- Durmuhurta 09:02 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam 10:51 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:05
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:24 to 06:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:53
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:04 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 13:07
- Karana Gara until 08:38, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:02 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:05
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. 05:08 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:56 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:56 – 08:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:14 – 09:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:33 – 10:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:51 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:10 – 13:28 | Good |
| Rog | 13:28 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Char | 16:05 – 17:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:24 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:05 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:28 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:52 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:33 – 05:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:15 – 06:56 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
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:44 Scorpio
- 05:44 – 07:49 Sagittarius
- 07:49 – 09:32 Capricorn
- 09:32 – 11:02 Aquarius
- 11:02 – 12:29 Pisces
- 12:29 – 14:05 Aries
- 14:05 – 16:02 Taurus
- 16:02 – 18:16 Gemini
- 18:16 – 20:35 Cancer
- 20:35 – 22:51 Leo
- 22:51 – 01:05 next day Virgo
- 01:05 – 03:23 next day Libra
- 03:23 – 05:40 next day Scorpio
- 05:40 – 06:56 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