Lucknow panchang, 23 May 2026
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 11:47 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 18:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:16 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 05:16 – 06:10
- Durmuhurta 06:10 – 07:04
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:26
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:40 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:50 to 05:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:42 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 04:27 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 02:09 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 06:13
- Karana Vishti until 16:40, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:42 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:04 – 16:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:16 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:16 – 06:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:10 – 07:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:13 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:26
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. 03:52 – 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 18:50 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:09 – 05:15 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:27 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:16 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:58 – 08:39 | Good |
| Rog | 08:39 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 17:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:08 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:50 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:08 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:39 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:57 – 05:15 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
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:47 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:51 Aries
- 04:51 – 06:48 Taurus
- 06:48 – 09:02 Gemini
- 09:02 – 11:21 Cancer
- 11:21 – 13:36 Leo
- 13:36 – 15:51 Virgo
- 15:51 – 18:08 Libra
- 18:08 – 20:26 Scorpio
- 20:26 – 22:30 Sagittarius
- 22:30 – 00:14 next day Capricorn
- 00:14 – 01:43 next day Aquarius
- 01:43 – 03:10 next day Pisces
- 03:10 – 04:47 next day Aries
- 04:47 – 05:15 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