Lucknow panchang, 15 May 2026
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 03:43 Vaishakha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 18:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:00 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam 10:22 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:24 – 17:04
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:45 to 05:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:45 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 05:11 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 08:31
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 20:14 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 14:21
- Karana Vanija until 08:31, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 18:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 05:11 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:04
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. 03:55 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:45 – 20:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:19 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:19 – 07:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:41 – 10:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:22 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:24 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Char | 17:04 – 18:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:45 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:04 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:24 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:41 – 04:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:00 – 05:19 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
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:23 Aries
- 05:23 – 07:19 Taurus
- 07:19 – 09:33 Gemini
- 09:33 – 11:52 Cancer
- 11:52 – 14:08 Leo
- 14:08 – 16:22 Virgo
- 16:22 – 18:40 Libra
- 18:40 – 20:58 Scorpio
- 20:58 – 23:02 Sagittarius
- 23:02 – 00:46 next day Capricorn
- 00:46 – 02:15 next day Aquarius
- 02:15 – 03:42 next day Pisces
- 03:42 – 05:19 next day Aries
- 05:19 – 05:19 next day Taurus
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