Lucknow panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 11:14 Ashwin month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 17:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:33 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 16:10
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:36 to 06:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:54 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:38, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:33 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:10
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 00:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:07 – 06:47
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. 04:27 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:36 – 20:06
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:07 – 05:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:07 – 07:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:33 – 08:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:59 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:51 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:51 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:44 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:10 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:10 – 17:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:36 – 19:10 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:10 – 20:44 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:44 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 23:52 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:59 – 04:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:33 – 06:07 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
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 06:17 Virgo
- 06:17 – 08:34 Libra
- 08:34 – 10:52 Scorpio
- 10:52 – 12:56 Sagittarius
- 12:56 – 14:40 Capricorn
- 14:40 – 16:09 Aquarius
- 16:09 – 17:36 Pisces
- 17:36 – 19:13 Aries
- 19:13 – 21:10 Taurus
- 21:10 – 23:24 Gemini
- 23:24 – 01:43 next day Cancer
- 01:43 – 03:58 next day Leo
- 03:58 – 06:07 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