Lucknow panchang, 21 March 2026
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 07:19 Chaitra month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 18:16- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:10 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:10 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 06:58 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam 09:12 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:15
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:16 to 06:09 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:56
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:37 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 19:01
- Karana Taitila until 13:15, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:10 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:10 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:58 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:01 – 15:41 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. 04:35 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:56 – 06:09 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:37 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:10 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:12 | Good |
| Rog | 09:12 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:42 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Char | 12:13 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:46 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:16 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:45 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:13 – 01:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:42 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:11 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:40 – 06:09 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
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:55 Aquarius
- 05:55 – 07:22 Pisces
- 07:22 – 08:59 Aries
- 08:59 – 10:55 Taurus
- 10:55 – 13:10 Gemini
- 13:10 – 15:28 Cancer
- 15:28 – 17:44 Leo
- 17:44 – 19:58 Virgo
- 19:58 – 22:16 Libra
- 22:16 – 00:34 next day Scorpio
- 00:34 – 02:38 next day Sagittarius
- 02:38 – 04:22 next day Capricorn
- 04:22 – 05:51 next day Aquarius
- 05:51 – 06:09 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