Lucknow panchang, 6 May 2026
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 22:59 Vaishakha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 18:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:04 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:42
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:40 to 05:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 07:51
- Nakshatra Mula until 15:53 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 01:12 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 21:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:42
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. 03:59 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:40 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:25 – 07:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:04 – 08:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:44 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 17:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:01 – 18:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:40 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:01 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:43 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:04 – 05:24 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
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:21 Pisces
- 04:21 – 05:58 Aries
- 05:58 – 07:54 Taurus
- 07:54 – 10:09 Gemini
- 10:09 – 12:28 Cancer
- 12:28 – 14:43 Leo
- 14:43 – 16:57 Virgo
- 16:57 – 19:15 Libra
- 19:15 – 21:33 Scorpio
- 21:33 – 23:37 Sagittarius
- 23:37 – 01:21 next day Capricorn
- 01:21 – 02:50 next day Aquarius
- 02:50 – 04:17 next day Pisces
- 04:17 – 05:24 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