Lucknow panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 12:47 Ashwin month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 17:34- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 11:51 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:42 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta 16:02 – 16:48
- Rahu Kalam 16:08 – 17:34
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:34 to 06:08 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:56
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:08
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:02 – 16:48
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:08 – 17:34
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 – 05:18
- 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 17:34 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:49 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:08 – 07:34 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:34 – 08:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:59 – 10:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:25 – 11:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:51 – 13:17 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:42 | Good |
| Rog | 14:42 – 16:08 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:08 – 17:34 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:34 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:08 – 20:42 | Good |
| Char | 20:42 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:51 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:51 – 01:25 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:25 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:00 – 04:34 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:34 – 06:08 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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 06:09 Virgo
- 06:09 – 08:27 Libra
- 08:27 – 10:44 Scorpio
- 10:44 – 12:49 Sagittarius
- 12:49 – 14:32 Capricorn
- 14:32 – 16:02 Aquarius
- 16:02 – 17:28 Pisces
- 17:28 – 19:05 Aries
- 19:05 – 21:02 Taurus
- 21:02 – 23:16 Gemini
- 23:16 – 01:35 next day Cancer
- 01:35 – 03:50 next day Leo
- 03:50 – 06:05 next day Virgo
- 06:05 – 06:08 next day Libra
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