Lucknow panchang, 16 February 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 05:58 Magha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:07 – 09:31
- Yamaganda 10:56 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:42
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:57 to 06:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 17:34
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 01:50 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 17:34, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:42
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:50 – 13:09 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. 05:00 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:43 – 20:48
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:43 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:43 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:07 – 09:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:31 – 10:56 | Good |
| Rog | 10:56 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:20 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:09 – 16:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:33 – 17:57 | Good |
| Char | 17:57 – 19:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:33 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:09 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:20 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:55 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:31 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:06 – 06:42 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:36 Capricorn
- 06:36 – 08:05 Aquarius
- 08:05 – 09:32 Pisces
- 09:32 – 11:09 Aries
- 11:09 – 13:05 Taurus
- 13:05 – 15:19 Gemini
- 15:19 – 17:38 Cancer
- 17:38 – 19:54 Leo
- 19:54 – 22:08 Virgo
- 22:08 – 00:26 next day Libra
- 00:26 – 02:44 next day Scorpio
- 02:44 – 04:48 next day Sagittarius
- 04:48 – 06:32 next day Capricorn
- 06:32 – 06:42 next day Aquarius
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