Lucknow panchang, 21 October 2026
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 14:34 Ashwin month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 17:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:16
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:31 to 06:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:12
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 00:33 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:16
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:36 – 14:48 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:10 – 19:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:08 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 19:03 – 21:12
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. 04:29 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:31 – 20:03
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:10 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:10 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:25 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:16 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:41 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:41 – 16:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:06 – 17:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:31 – 19:06 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:06 – 20:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:41 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:25 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 03:00 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:35 – 06:10 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
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:57 Virgo
- 05:57 – 08:15 Libra
- 08:15 – 10:32 Scorpio
- 10:32 – 12:37 Sagittarius
- 12:37 – 14:20 Capricorn
- 14:20 – 15:50 Aquarius
- 15:50 – 17:17 Pisces
- 17:17 – 18:53 Aries
- 18:53 – 20:50 Taurus
- 20:50 – 23:04 Gemini
- 23:04 – 01:23 next day Cancer
- 01:23 – 03:39 next day Leo
- 03:39 – 05:53 next day Virgo
- 05:53 – 06:10 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