Lucknow panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 05:52 Vaishakha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:40 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 05:40 – 06:32
- Durmuhurta 06:32 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam 08:53 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:18
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:30 to 05:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:56
- Karana Bava until 14:11, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:40 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:40 – 06:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:32 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:18
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. 04:11 – 04:56
- 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:40 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:17 – 08:53 | Good |
| Rog | 08:53 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:29 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 16:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:54 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:30 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:54 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:52 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:16 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:32 Pisces
- 05:32 – 07:09 Aries
- 07:09 – 09:05 Taurus
- 09:05 – 11:19 Gemini
- 11:19 – 13:38 Cancer
- 13:38 – 15:54 Leo
- 15:54 – 18:08 Virgo
- 18:08 – 20:26 Libra
- 20:26 – 22:44 Scorpio
- 22:44 – 00:48 next day Sagittarius
- 00:48 – 02:32 next day Capricorn
- 02:32 – 04:01 next day Aquarius
- 04:01 – 05:28 next day Pisces
- 05:28 – 05:39 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