Lucknow panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 08:30 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 18:32- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 08:51 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:05 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam 15:18 – 16:55
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:32 to 05:37 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:31
- Karana Bava until 14:45, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:42
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:31 – 14:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:55
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 – 04:53
- 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 18:32 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:58 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:38 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:14 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Char | 08:51 – 10:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:28 – 12:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:05 – 13:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:42 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:18 – 16:55 | Good |
| Rog | 16:55 – 18:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:32 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:55 – 21:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:27 – 02:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:50 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:14 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:38 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:20 Pisces
- 05:20 – 06:57 Aries
- 06:57 – 08:53 Taurus
- 08:53 – 11:08 Gemini
- 11:08 – 13:27 Cancer
- 13:27 – 15:42 Leo
- 15:42 – 17:56 Virgo
- 17:56 – 20:14 Libra
- 20:14 – 22:32 Scorpio
- 22:32 – 00:36 next day Sagittarius
- 00:36 – 02:20 next day Capricorn
- 02:20 – 03:49 next day Aquarius
- 03:49 – 05:16 next day Pisces
- 05:16 – 05:37 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