Lucknow panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 07:07 Phalguna month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 17:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:55 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:20 – 13:45
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:59 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:58
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:16 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 22:45
- Karana Bava until 16:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:45
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. 04:59 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:31
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:58 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:55 – 12:20 | Good |
| Rog | 12:20 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 17:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:59 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:34 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:40 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
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:28 Capricorn
- 06:28 – 07:57 Aquarius
- 07:57 – 09:24 Pisces
- 09:24 – 11:01 Aries
- 11:01 – 12:57 Taurus
- 12:57 – 15:11 Gemini
- 15:11 – 17:30 Cancer
- 17:30 – 19:46 Leo
- 19:46 – 22:00 Virgo
- 22:00 – 00:18 next day Libra
- 00:18 – 02:36 next day Scorpio
- 02:36 – 04:40 next day Sagittarius
- 04:40 – 06:24 next day Capricorn
- 06:24 – 06:40 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