Lucknow panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 09:38 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
05:17 to 18:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:17 – 06:58
- Gulika Kalam 08:40 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta 09:47 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:44 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:06
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:48 to 05:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:49 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 10:58
- Karana Balava until 08:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:17 – 06:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:47 – 10:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:06
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 21:43 – 23:40
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. 03:53 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 20:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:17 – 02:49 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:17 – 02:49 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:17 – 02:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:17 – 08:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:17 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:58 – 08:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:40 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Char | 10:21 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:44 – 15:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:25 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:07 – 18:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:48 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:07 – 21:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:25 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:39 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:58 – 05:16 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
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:47 NowSaturn
- 02:39 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:59 Aries
- 04:59 – 06:55 Taurus
- 06:55 – 09:10 Gemini
- 09:10 – 11:29 Cancer
- 11:29 – 13:44 Leo
- 13:44 – 15:58 Virgo
- 15:58 – 18:16 Libra
- 18:16 – 20:34 Scorpio
- 20:34 – 22:38 Sagittarius
- 22:38 – 00:22 next day Capricorn
- 00:22 – 01:51 next day Aquarius
- 01:51 – 03:18 next day Pisces
- 03:18 – 04:55 next day Aries
- 04:55 – 05:16 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