Lucknow panchang, 22 May 2026
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 10:45 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
05:16 to 18:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:58 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:53
- Rahu Kalam 10:21 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 17:07
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:19 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:49 to 05:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:08 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:04 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 06:25
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 02:08 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:19
- Karana Taitila until 06:25, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:19 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:08 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:04 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:04 – 16:40 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:16 – 02:08 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:08 – 05:16 next day
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 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:16 – 06:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:16 – 06:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:58 – 08:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:39 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Char | 17:07 – 18:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:49 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:07 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:39 – 03:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:57 – 05:16 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
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:55 Aries
- 04:55 – 06:52 Taurus
- 06:52 – 09:06 Gemini
- 09:06 – 11:25 Cancer
- 11:25 – 13:40 Leo
- 13:40 – 15:54 Virgo
- 15:54 – 18:12 Libra
- 18:12 – 20:30 Scorpio
- 20:30 – 22:34 Sagittarius
- 22:34 – 00:18 next day Capricorn
- 00:18 – 01:47 next day Aquarius
- 01:47 – 03:14 next day Pisces
- 03:14 – 04:51 next day Aries
- 04:51 – 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