Lucknow panchang, 19 August 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 11:55 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 18:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:47
- 06:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:38 to 05:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:20
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 03:44 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:31, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:47
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 06:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:40 – 19:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 17:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:01 – 18:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:38 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:01 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:18 – 05:41 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 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:35 Cancer
- 05:35 – 07:50 Leo
- 07:50 – 10:05 Virgo
- 10:05 – 12:22 Libra
- 12:22 – 14:40 Scorpio
- 14:40 – 16:44 Sagittarius
- 16:44 – 18:28 Capricorn
- 18:28 – 19:57 Aquarius
- 19:57 – 21:24 Pisces
- 21:24 – 23:01 Aries
- 23:01 – 00:58 next day Taurus
- 00:58 – 03:12 next day Gemini
- 03:12 – 05:31 next day Cancer
- 05:31 – 05:41 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