Lucknow panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 06:13 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 18:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:59 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:05
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:47 to 05:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:05
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 18:47 – 20:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:18 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 05:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:18 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:59 – 08:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:40 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:25 – 17:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:06 – 18:47 | Good |
| Char | 18:47 – 20:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:06 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:24 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:21 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:40 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:59 – 05:18 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:11 Aries
- 05:11 – 07:07 Taurus
- 07:07 – 09:21 Gemini
- 09:21 – 11:40 Cancer
- 11:40 – 13:56 Leo
- 13:56 – 16:10 Virgo
- 16:10 – 18:28 Libra
- 18:28 – 20:46 Scorpio
- 20:46 – 22:50 Sagittarius
- 22:50 – 00:34 next day Capricorn
- 00:34 – 02:03 next day Aquarius
- 02:03 – 03:30 next day Pisces
- 03:30 – 05:07 next day Aries
- 05:07 – 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