Lucknow panchang, 9 May 2026
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 00:22 Vaishakha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 18:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:23 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 05:23 – 06:16
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 07:10
- Rahu Kalam 08:43 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:22
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:03 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:42 to 05:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:35 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:03
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:24 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 02:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:03, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:35 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:23 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:23 – 06:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 07:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:22
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 20:20 – 22:30
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. 03:57 – 04:40
- 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 18:42 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:23 – 23:24
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:23 – 07:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:03 – 08:43 | Good |
| Rog | 08:43 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:22 – 17:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:02 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:42 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:02 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:22 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:42 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:22 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
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:09 Pisces
- 04:09 – 05:46 Aries
- 05:46 – 07:43 Taurus
- 07:43 – 09:57 Gemini
- 09:57 – 12:16 Cancer
- 12:16 – 14:31 Leo
- 14:31 – 16:46 Virgo
- 16:46 – 19:03 Libra
- 19:03 – 21:21 Scorpio
- 21:21 – 23:26 Sagittarius
- 23:26 – 01:09 next day Capricorn
- 01:09 – 02:38 next day Aquarius
- 02:38 – 04:05 next day Pisces
- 04:05 – 05:22 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