Lucknow panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 10:58 Shravana month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:39- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 08:55 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam 12:10 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam 15:24 – 17:02
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:39 to 05:40 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:51
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 03:23 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:51, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:02
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 – 04:56
- 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 18:39 – 20:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:40 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:17 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Char | 08:55 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:10 – 13:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:47 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:24 – 17:02 | Good |
| Rog | 17:02 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:39 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:02 – 21:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:25 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:47 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:55 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:18 – 05:40 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:40 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:39 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:39 Cancer
- 05:39 – 07:54 Leo
- 07:54 – 10:09 Virgo
- 10:09 – 12:26 Libra
- 12:26 – 14:44 Scorpio
- 14:44 – 16:48 Sagittarius
- 16:48 – 18:32 Capricorn
- 18:32 – 20:01 Aquarius
- 20:01 – 21:28 Pisces
- 21:28 – 23:05 Aries
- 23:05 – 01:02 next day Taurus
- 01:02 – 03:16 next day Gemini
- 03:16 – 05:35 next day Cancer
- 05:35 – 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