Lucknow panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 07:30 Vaishakha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:15 – 08:52
- Yamaganda 10:28 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:57
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:31 to 05:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:28
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:11
- Karana Gara until 07:28, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:57
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. 04:09 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:38 – 02:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:38 – 02:08 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 02:08 – 05:38 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:08 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:38 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:15 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:52 – 10:28 | Good |
| Rog | 10:28 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:55 – 18:31 | Good |
| Char | 18:31 – 19:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:55 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:51 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:14 – 05:38 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:24 Pisces
- 05:24 – 07:01 Aries
- 07:01 – 08:57 Taurus
- 08:57 – 11:12 Gemini
- 11:12 – 13:30 Cancer
- 13:30 – 15:46 Leo
- 15:46 – 18:00 Virgo
- 18:00 – 20:18 Libra
- 20:18 – 22:36 Scorpio
- 22:36 – 00:40 next day Sagittarius
- 00:40 – 02:24 next day Capricorn
- 02:24 – 03:53 next day Aquarius
- 03:53 – 05:20 next day Pisces
- 05:20 – 05:38 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