Lucknow panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 05:13 Chaitra month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 18:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:17 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta 08:15 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:54
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:30 to 05:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:21
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:50, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:37 – 07:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:21 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:15 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:54
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. 04:12 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:44
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:41 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:41 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:02 – 05:40 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:21 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:41 – 07:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:53 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:30 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:29 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:53 – 04:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:17 – 05:40 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
- 05:41 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowVenus
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:36 Pisces
- 05:36 – 07:13 Aries
- 07:13 – 09:09 Taurus
- 09:09 – 11:23 Gemini
- 11:23 – 13:42 Cancer
- 13:42 – 15:58 Leo
- 15:58 – 18:12 Virgo
- 18:12 – 20:30 Libra
- 20:30 – 22:48 Scorpio
- 22:48 – 00:52 next day Sagittarius
- 00:52 – 02:36 next day Capricorn
- 02:36 – 04:05 next day Aquarius
- 04:05 – 05:32 next day Pisces
- 05:32 – 05:40 next day Aries
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