Lucknow panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 01:20 Pausha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:57 to 17:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:17 – 09:36
- Yamaganda 10:55 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:24
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:31 to 06:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:43
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:12
- Karana Gara until 12:43, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:24
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 20:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:20 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:11 – 04:29 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. 05:10 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:17 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:36 – 10:55 | Good |
| Rog | 10:55 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:14 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:12 – 17:31 | Good |
| Char | 17:31 – 19:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:12 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:55 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:36 – 05:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:17 – 06:57 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 07:09 Sagittarius
- 07:09 – 08:53 Capricorn
- 08:53 – 10:22 Aquarius
- 10:22 – 11:49 Pisces
- 11:49 – 13:26 Aries
- 13:26 – 15:23 Taurus
- 15:23 – 17:37 Gemini
- 17:37 – 19:56 Cancer
- 19:56 – 22:11 Leo
- 22:11 – 00:26 next day Virgo
- 00:26 – 02:43 next day Libra
- 02:43 – 05:01 next day Scorpio
- 05:01 – 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