Lucknow panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 06:43 Chaitra month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 18:16- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:42 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:26
- Yamaganda 15:15 – 16:45
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:16 to 06:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:31 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:27 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 22:15
- Karana Balava until 15:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:45
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. 04:36 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:39
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:11 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:11 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:27 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:11 – 07:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:42 – 09:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:12 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:15 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Char | 16:45 – 18:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:16 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:45 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:13 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:12 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:41 – 06:10 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
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:59 Aquarius
- 05:59 – 07:26 Pisces
- 07:26 – 09:03 Aries
- 09:03 – 10:59 Taurus
- 10:59 – 13:13 Gemini
- 13:13 – 15:32 Cancer
- 15:32 – 17:48 Leo
- 17:48 – 20:02 Virgo
- 20:02 – 22:20 Libra
- 22:20 – 00:38 next day Scorpio
- 00:38 – 02:42 next day Sagittarius
- 02:42 – 04:26 next day Capricorn
- 04:26 – 05:55 next day Aquarius
- 05:55 – 06:10 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