Lucknow panchang, 21 February 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 08:44 Phalguna month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:38 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 06:38 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam 09:29 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:10
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:01 to 06:38 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:07 Moon enters Aries
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:07 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 15:51
- Karana Vishti until 13:01, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:07 Moon enters Aries
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:52 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:38 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:10
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:38 – 19:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:03 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:03 – 11:03
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. 04:57 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:01 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 19:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:38 – 13:01
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:38 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:04 – 09:29 | Good |
| Rog | 09:29 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:54 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Char | 12:20 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:10 – 16:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:35 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:35 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:10 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:19 – 01:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:28 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:03 – 06:38 next day | Good |
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
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:16 Capricorn
- 06:16 – 07:45 Aquarius
- 07:45 – 09:12 Pisces
- 09:12 – 10:49 Aries
- 10:49 – 12:45 Taurus
- 12:45 – 15:00 Gemini
- 15:00 – 17:18 Cancer
- 17:18 – 19:34 Leo
- 19:34 – 21:48 Virgo
- 21:48 – 00:06 next day Libra
- 00:06 – 02:24 next day Scorpio
- 02:24 – 04:28 next day Sagittarius
- 04:28 – 06:12 next day Capricorn
- 06:12 – 06:38 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