Lucknow panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 05:01 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 17:34- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:17 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta 09:05 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 14:55 – 16:14
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:34 to 06:57 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:06
- Karana Gara until 09:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:05 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 00:42 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) 11:54 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:57 – 08:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:17 – 09:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:36 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:16 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Char | 16:14 – 17:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:34 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:14 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:55 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:16 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:56 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:36 – 05:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:17 – 06:57 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
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:54 Sagittarius
- 06:54 – 08:37 Capricorn
- 08:37 – 10:07 Aquarius
- 10:07 – 11:34 Pisces
- 11:34 – 13:10 Aries
- 13:10 – 15:07 Taurus
- 15:07 – 17:21 Gemini
- 17:21 – 19:40 Cancer
- 19:40 – 21:55 Leo
- 21:55 – 00:10 next day Virgo
- 00:10 – 02:28 next day Libra
- 02:28 – 04:45 next day Scorpio
- 04:45 – 06:50 next day Sagittarius
- 06:50 – 06:57 next day Capricorn
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