Lucknow panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 12:52 Shravana month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 18:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:41 – 07:18
- Gulika Kalam 08:55 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:00 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam 13:46 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:02
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:37 to 05:41 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 04:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:16, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:41 – 07:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:00 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:25 – 05:18 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. 04:12 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:37 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:08 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:41 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:18 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:55 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:46 – 15:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:23 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:00 – 18:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:37 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:00 – 21:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:23 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:55 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:18 – 05:41 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
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:41 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:31 Cancer
- 05:31 – 07:46 Leo
- 07:46 – 10:01 Virgo
- 10:01 – 12:18 Libra
- 12:18 – 14:36 Scorpio
- 14:36 – 16:41 Sagittarius
- 16:41 – 18:24 Capricorn
- 18:24 – 19:54 Aquarius
- 19:54 – 21:20 Pisces
- 21:20 – 22:57 Aries
- 22:57 – 00:54 next day Taurus
- 00:54 – 03:08 next day Gemini
- 03:08 – 05:27 next day Cancer
- 05:27 – 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