Lucknow panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 06:40 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 17:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 12:16 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 14:56 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 16:53
- Rahu Kalam 16:16 – 17:36
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:36 to 06:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 10:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 21:11
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:46, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 16:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:11 – 22:23
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 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:14 – 06:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:57 – 08:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:17 – 09:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:37 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:16 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 14:56 | Good |
| Rog | 14:56 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:16 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:36 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:16 – 20:56 | Good |
| Char | 20:56 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:16 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:56 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:36 – 05:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:46 Sagittarius
- 06:46 – 08:30 Capricorn
- 08:30 – 09:59 Aquarius
- 09:59 – 11:26 Pisces
- 11:26 – 13:03 Aries
- 13:03 – 14:59 Taurus
- 14:59 – 17:13 Gemini
- 17:13 – 19:32 Cancer
- 19:32 – 21:48 Leo
- 21:48 – 00:02 next day Virgo
- 00:02 – 02:20 next day Libra
- 02:20 – 04:38 next day Scorpio
- 04:38 – 06:42 next day Sagittarius
- 06:42 – 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