Lucknow panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 05:52 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 17:35- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:57 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta 06:57 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 07:40 – 08:22
- Rahu Kalam 09:36 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 14:55
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:35 to 06:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:04 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:18
- Karana Vishti until 11:16, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:57 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:40 – 08:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 10:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 14:55
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 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:57 – 00:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:57 – 08:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:17 – 09:36 | Good |
| Rog | 09:36 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:56 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 14:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:55 – 16:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:15 – 17:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:35 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:15 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:55 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 01:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:56 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:36 – 05:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:17 – 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
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:50 Sagittarius
- 06:50 – 08:33 Capricorn
- 08:33 – 10:03 Aquarius
- 10:03 – 11:30 Pisces
- 11:30 – 13:07 Aries
- 13:07 – 15:03 Taurus
- 15:03 – 17:17 Gemini
- 17:17 – 19:36 Cancer
- 19:36 – 21:52 Leo
- 21:52 – 00:06 next day Virgo
- 00:06 – 02:24 next day Libra
- 02:24 – 04:41 next day Scorpio
- 04:41 – 06:46 next day Sagittarius
- 06:46 – 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