Lucknow panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 05:37 Phalguna month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:44
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:15 to 06:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:25
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:21 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:22
- Karana Shakuni until 08:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:44
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:36 – 06:12 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. 04:37 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:13 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:43 – 06:12 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
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 04:38 Capricorn
- 04:38 – 06:07 Aquarius
- 06:07 – 07:34 Pisces
- 07:34 – 09:11 Aries
- 09:11 – 11:07 Taurus
- 11:07 – 13:21 Gemini
- 13:21 – 15:40 Cancer
- 15:40 – 17:56 Leo
- 17:56 – 20:10 Virgo
- 20:10 – 22:28 Libra
- 22:28 – 00:46 next day Scorpio
- 00:46 – 02:50 next day Sagittarius
- 02:50 – 04:34 next day Capricorn
- 04:34 – 06:03 next day Aquarius
- 06:03 – 06:12 next day Pisces
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