Lucknow panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 21:18 Vaishakha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 18:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:06 – 08:45
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 16:00
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:39 to 05:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 05:24 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 09:58 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 23:19
- Karana Vanija until 16:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:28 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 16:00
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. 04:00 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 20:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:27 – 09:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:27 – 07:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:06 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:45 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:21 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:39 | Good |
| Char | 18:39 – 20:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:00 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:21 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:44 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:05 – 05:26 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
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:29 Pisces
- 04:29 – 06:06 Aries
- 06:06 – 08:02 Taurus
- 08:02 – 10:17 Gemini
- 10:17 – 12:35 Cancer
- 12:35 – 14:51 Leo
- 14:51 – 17:05 Virgo
- 17:05 – 19:23 Libra
- 19:23 – 21:41 Scorpio
- 21:41 – 23:45 Sagittarius
- 23:45 – 01:29 next day Capricorn
- 01:29 – 02:58 next day Aquarius
- 02:58 – 04:25 next day Pisces
- 04:25 – 05:26 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