Lucknow panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 08:35 Magha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 17:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:17 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:37
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:38 to 06:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 14:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:37
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:56 – 13:58
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:58 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:17 – 09:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:37 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:38 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:37 – 05:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:34 Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 08:18 Capricorn
- 08:18 – 09:47 Aquarius
- 09:47 – 11:14 Pisces
- 11:14 – 12:51 Aries
- 12:51 – 14:47 Taurus
- 14:47 – 17:01 Gemini
- 17:01 – 19:20 Cancer
- 19:20 – 21:36 Leo
- 21:36 – 23:50 Virgo
- 23:50 – 02:08 next day Libra
- 02:08 – 04:26 next day Scorpio
- 04:26 – 06:30 next day Sagittarius
- 06:30 – 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