Lucknow panchang, 17 May 2026
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 05:15 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 18:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 15:24 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta 16:59 – 17:52
- Rahu Kalam 17:05 – 18:46
- 06:15 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:32 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:46 to 05:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:41
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:32 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:15
- Karana Kimstughna until 11:36, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:15 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:32 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:15 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:59 – 17:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:05 – 18:46
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 – 04:36
- 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 – 20:53
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:59 – 08:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:40 – 10:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:21 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:43 – 15:24 | Good |
| Rog | 15:24 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:05 – 21:24 | Good |
| Char | 21:24 – 22:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:43 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:21 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:40 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:15 Aries
- 05:15 – 07:11 Taurus
- 07:11 – 09:25 Gemini
- 09:25 – 11:44 Cancer
- 11:44 – 14:00 Leo
- 14:00 – 16:14 Virgo
- 16:14 – 18:32 Libra
- 18:32 – 20:50 Scorpio
- 20:50 – 22:54 Sagittarius
- 22:54 – 00:38 next day Capricorn
- 00:38 – 02:07 next day Aquarius
- 02:07 – 03:34 next day Pisces
- 03:34 – 05:11 next day Aries
- 05:11 – 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