Lucknow panchang, 30 September 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 20:16 Bhadrapada month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 17:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:25
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 14:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:53 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:20 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:55
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:36 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vajra until 00:20 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:55, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 14:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:20 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:20 – 04:32
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:25
- Kana Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 07:36
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. 04:22 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:53 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:36 – 05:59 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 07:36 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:26 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:25 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:54 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:23 – 17:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:23 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:23 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:25 | Good |
| Char | 22:25 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:27 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:58 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:05 Leo
- 05:05 – 07:19 Virgo
- 07:19 – 09:37 Libra
- 09:37 – 11:55 Scorpio
- 11:55 – 13:59 Sagittarius
- 13:59 – 15:43 Capricorn
- 15:43 – 17:12 Aquarius
- 17:12 – 18:39 Pisces
- 18:39 – 20:16 Aries
- 20:16 – 22:13 Taurus
- 22:13 – 00:27 next day Gemini
- 00:27 – 02:46 next day Cancer
- 02:46 – 05:01 next day Leo
- 05:01 – 05:59 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