Lucknow panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 04:25 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 18:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:19 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 05:19 – 06:13
- Durmuhurta 06:13 – 07:07
- Rahu Kalam 08:41 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 15:24
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:46 to 05:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:19 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:19 – 06:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:13 – 07:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:24
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. 03:54 – 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 18:46 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:19 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:00 – 08:41 | Good |
| Rog | 08:41 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 15:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:24 – 17:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:05 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:46 – 20:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:05 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:40 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:18 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
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:19 Aries
- 05:19 – 07:15 Taurus
- 07:15 – 09:29 Gemini
- 09:29 – 11:48 Cancer
- 11:48 – 14:04 Leo
- 14:04 – 16:18 Virgo
- 16:18 – 18:36 Libra
- 18:36 – 20:54 Scorpio
- 20:54 – 22:58 Sagittarius
- 22:58 – 00:42 next day Capricorn
- 00:42 – 02:11 next day Aquarius
- 02:11 – 03:38 next day Pisces
- 03:38 – 05:15 next day Aries
- 05:15 – 05:18 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