Lucknow panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 17:19 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:56 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 07:38 – 08:20
- Rahu Kalam 09:33 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:29 – 14:47
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:24 to 06:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:32
- Nakshatra Ardra until 17:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 09:05
- Karana Bava until 15:32, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:38 – 08:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 10:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:15 – 01:47 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. 05:08 – 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 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:56 – 08:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:15 – 09:33 | Good |
| Rog | 09:33 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:52 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Char | 12:10 – 13:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:29 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:06 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:24 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:06 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:29 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:52 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:33 – 05:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:15 – 06:56 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
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:40 Scorpio
- 05:40 – 07:45 Sagittarius
- 07:45 – 09:29 Capricorn
- 09:29 – 10:58 Aquarius
- 10:58 – 12:25 Pisces
- 12:25 – 14:02 Aries
- 14:02 – 15:58 Taurus
- 15:58 – 18:12 Gemini
- 18:12 – 20:31 Cancer
- 20:31 – 22:47 Leo
- 22:47 – 01:01 next day Virgo
- 01:01 – 03:19 next day Libra
- 03:19 – 05:37 next day Scorpio
- 05:37 – 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