Lucknow panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 09:03 Shravana month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:10 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 17:03
- Durmuhurta 16:57 – 17:49
- Rahu Kalam 17:03 – 18:41
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:41 to 05:39 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:57 – 17:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:03 – 18:41
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 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. 04:11 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 20:53
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:39 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:39 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:39 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:17 – 08:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:10 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:26 | Good |
| Rog | 15:26 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:03 – 18:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:41 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:03 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:55 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:17 – 05:39 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:47 Cancer
- 05:47 – 08:02 Leo
- 08:02 – 10:16 Virgo
- 10:16 – 12:34 Libra
- 12:34 – 14:52 Scorpio
- 14:52 – 16:56 Sagittarius
- 16:56 – 18:40 Capricorn
- 18:40 – 20:09 Aquarius
- 20:09 – 21:36 Pisces
- 21:36 – 23:13 Aries
- 23:13 – 01:09 next day Taurus
- 01:09 – 03:24 next day Gemini
- 03:24 – 05:39 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