Lucknow panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 10:00 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 18:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:17 – 08:55
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:04
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:40 to 05:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:00
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:58 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 03:29 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:04
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:39 – 04:58 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:01 – 17:08
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. 04:12 – 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 18:40 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:39 – 07:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:58 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:39 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:17 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:55 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:10 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:25 – 17:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:03 – 18:40 | Good |
| Char | 18:40 – 20:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:03 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:25 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:48 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:55 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:17 – 05:40 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:43 Cancer
- 05:43 – 07:58 Leo
- 07:58 – 10:12 Virgo
- 10:12 – 12:30 Libra
- 12:30 – 14:48 Scorpio
- 14:48 – 16:52 Sagittarius
- 16:52 – 18:36 Capricorn
- 18:36 – 20:05 Aquarius
- 20:05 – 21:32 Pisces
- 21:32 – 23:09 Aries
- 23:09 – 01:06 next day Taurus
- 01:06 – 03:20 next day Gemini
- 03:20 – 05:39 next day Cancer
- 05:39 – 05:40 next day Leo
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