Lucknow panchang, 4 January 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 18:30 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 17:25- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 12:11 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta 16:01 – 16:43
- Rahu Kalam 16:06 – 17:25
- 09:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:25 to 06:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:30
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 01:47 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:30, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:01 – 16:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:06 – 17:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:47 – 02:59 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) 11:50 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:11 – 06:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:56 – 08:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:15 – 09:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:34 – 10:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:52 – 12:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:11 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:29 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:06 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:25 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:06 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:29 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:52 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:34 – 05:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:15 – 06:57 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 NowSun
- 07:49 NowVenus
- 08:41 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:37 Scorpio
- 05:37 – 07:41 Sagittarius
- 07:41 – 09:25 Capricorn
- 09:25 – 10:54 Aquarius
- 10:54 – 12:21 Pisces
- 12:21 – 13:58 Aries
- 13:58 – 15:54 Taurus
- 15:54 – 18:08 Gemini
- 18:08 – 20:27 Cancer
- 20:27 – 22:43 Leo
- 22:43 – 00:57 next day Virgo
- 00:57 – 03:15 next day Libra
- 03:15 – 05:33 next day Scorpio
- 05:33 – 06:57 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