Lucknow panchang, 23 April 2026
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 10:43 Vaishakha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 18:33- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:36 – 07:13
- Gulika Kalam 08:50 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta 09:55 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:42 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:58
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:33 to 05:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:49
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:57 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:07
- Karana Gara until 09:45, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:36 – 07:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:55 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:58
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:49 – 08:01 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:32 – 05:32 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. 04:07 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:36 – 20:57
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:36 – 20:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 20:57 – 05:35 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:57 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:36 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:13 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:50 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Char | 10:27 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:42 – 15:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:19 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:33 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:56 – 21:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:27 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:12 – 05:35 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
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:36 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:12 Pisces
- 05:12 – 06:49 Aries
- 06:49 – 08:46 Taurus
- 08:46 – 11:00 Gemini
- 11:00 – 13:19 Cancer
- 13:19 – 15:34 Leo
- 15:34 – 17:49 Virgo
- 17:49 – 20:06 Libra
- 20:06 – 22:24 Scorpio
- 22:24 – 00:28 next day Sagittarius
- 00:28 – 02:12 next day Capricorn
- 02:12 – 03:41 next day Aquarius
- 03:41 – 05:08 next day Pisces
- 05:08 – 05:35 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