Lucknow panchang, 23 January 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 09:38 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 17:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:16 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta 09:05 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:57 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:19
- 08:33 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:59 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:40 to 06:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:46 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:33 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 15:59
- Karana Bava until 14:10, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:33 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:59 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:05 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:19
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 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:33 – 06:56 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:46 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:56 – 08:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:16 – 09:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:37 – 10:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:57 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:18 – 13:38 | Good |
| Rog | 13:38 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 17:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:40 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:19 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:38 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:18 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:57 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:37 – 05:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:26 Sagittarius
- 06:26 – 08:10 Capricorn
- 08:10 – 09:39 Aquarius
- 09:39 – 11:06 Pisces
- 11:06 – 12:43 Aries
- 12:43 – 14:39 Taurus
- 14:39 – 16:54 Gemini
- 16:54 – 19:12 Cancer
- 19:12 – 21:28 Leo
- 21:28 – 23:42 Virgo
- 23:42 – 02:00 next day Libra
- 02:00 – 04:18 next day Scorpio
- 04:18 – 06:22 next day Sagittarius
- 06:22 – 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