Lucknow panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:25 Chaitra month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 18:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:42
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:25 to 05:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:02
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 17:10
- Karana Vanija until 19:02, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:42
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:10 – 05:34 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. 04:19 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 05:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:02 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:50 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:25 – 08:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:59 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:25 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:24 – 05:49 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
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:44 Aquarius
- 04:44 – 06:11 Pisces
- 06:11 – 07:48 Aries
- 07:48 – 09:45 Taurus
- 09:45 – 11:59 Gemini
- 11:59 – 14:18 Cancer
- 14:18 – 16:33 Leo
- 16:33 – 18:47 Virgo
- 18:47 – 21:05 Libra
- 21:05 – 23:23 Scorpio
- 23:23 – 01:27 next day Sagittarius
- 01:27 – 03:11 next day Capricorn
- 03:11 – 04:40 next day Aquarius
- 04:40 – 05:49 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