Lucknow panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 13:48 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 18:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:26
- Yamaganda 15:23 – 17:00
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:36 to 05:42 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:36
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:18 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 17:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:18 – 06:30 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:53 – 05:42 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. 04:13 – 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 18:36 – 20:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:53 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:41 – 07:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:55 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:46 | Good |
| Rog | 13:46 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:23 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Char | 17:00 – 18:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:36 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:00 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:23 – 22:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:55 – 04:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:19 – 05:42 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
- 05:41 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowVenus
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:27 Cancer
- 05:27 – 07:42 Leo
- 07:42 – 09:57 Virgo
- 09:57 – 12:15 Libra
- 12:15 – 14:32 Scorpio
- 14:32 – 16:37 Sagittarius
- 16:37 – 18:20 Capricorn
- 18:20 – 19:50 Aquarius
- 19:50 – 21:16 Pisces
- 21:16 – 22:53 Aries
- 22:53 – 00:50 next day Taurus
- 00:50 – 03:04 next day Gemini
- 03:04 – 05:23 next day Cancer
- 05:23 – 05:42 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