Lucknow panchang, 23 September 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 16:05 Bhadrapada month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:29
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:01 to 05:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:51
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 16:27
- Karana Bava until 10:22, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:29
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 09:09 – 05:56 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:20 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:01 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:56 – 22:51
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:26 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:27 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:29 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:59 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 18:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:01 – 19:30 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:30 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:28 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 02:57 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:27 – 05:56 next day | Avoid |
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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:33 Leo
- 05:33 – 07:47 Virgo
- 07:47 – 10:05 Libra
- 10:05 – 12:22 Scorpio
- 12:22 – 14:27 Sagittarius
- 14:27 – 16:11 Capricorn
- 16:11 – 17:40 Aquarius
- 17:40 – 19:07 Pisces
- 19:07 – 20:44 Aries
- 20:44 – 22:40 Taurus
- 22:40 – 00:54 next day Gemini
- 00:54 – 03:13 next day Cancer
- 03:13 – 05:29 next day Leo
- 05:29 – 05:56 next day Virgo
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