Lucknow panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 08:00 Magha 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 17:37- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:05 – 09:47
- Yamaganda 09:37 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:38
- Gulika Kalam 12:17 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 14:57 – 16:17
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:37 to 06:56 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:43 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 13:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 20:01
- Karana Balava until 14:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:05 – 09:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 10:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:01 – 18:58 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:07 – 06:56 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 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:43 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:57 – 08:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:17 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Char | 09:37 – 10:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:57 – 12:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:17 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:57 – 16:17 | Good |
| Rog | 16:17 – 17:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:37 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:17 – 20:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:57 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:17 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:57 – 03:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:37 – 05:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:16 – 06:56 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 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:50 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
- 05:57 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:38 Sagittarius
- 06:38 – 08:22 Capricorn
- 08:22 – 09:51 Aquarius
- 09:51 – 11:18 Pisces
- 11:18 – 12:55 Aries
- 12:55 – 14:51 Taurus
- 14:51 – 17:05 Gemini
- 17:05 – 19:24 Cancer
- 19:24 – 21:40 Leo
- 21:40 – 23:54 Virgo
- 23:54 – 02:12 next day Libra
- 02:12 – 04:30 next day Scorpio
- 04:30 – 06:34 next day Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 06:56 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