Lucknow panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 19:00 Moonrise 09:21 Ashadha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 19:00- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:24 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 05:24 – 06:19
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:13
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 13:54 – 15:36
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
19:00 to 05:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:43 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 20:45
- Karana Bava until 16:07, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:24 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:24 – 06:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:54 – 15:36
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:45 – 08:04 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:00 – 05:25 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. 04:01 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:00 – 21:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:00 – 05:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:24 – 07:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:06 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Char | 12:12 – 13:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:54 – 15:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:36 – 17:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:18 – 19:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:00 – 20:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:18 – 21:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:36 – 22:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:54 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:12 – 01:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:30 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:07 – 05:25 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
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 05:22 Gemini
- 05:22 – 07:41 Cancer
- 07:41 – 09:56 Leo
- 09:56 – 12:10 Virgo
- 12:10 – 14:28 Libra
- 14:28 – 16:46 Scorpio
- 16:46 – 18:50 Sagittarius
- 18:50 – 20:34 Capricorn
- 20:34 – 22:03 Aquarius
- 22:03 – 23:30 Pisces
- 23:30 – 01:07 next day Aries
- 01:07 – 03:03 next day Taurus
- 03:03 – 05:18 next day Gemini
- 05:18 – 05:25 next day Cancer
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