Lucknow panchang, 18 November 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 13:03 Kartika month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:51 – 13:11
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:13 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:06 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:10 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:05
- Karana Balava until 18:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:05 – 11:41
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:11
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. 04:42 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:13 – 19:52
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:30 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:11 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:32 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:32 – 15:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:53 – 17:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:13 – 18:53 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:53 – 20:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:32 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:31 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:10 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:50 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:25 Libra
- 06:25 – 08:42 Scorpio
- 08:42 – 10:47 Sagittarius
- 10:47 – 12:30 Capricorn
- 12:30 – 14:00 Aquarius
- 14:00 – 15:27 Pisces
- 15:27 – 17:03 Aries
- 17:03 – 19:00 Taurus
- 19:00 – 21:14 Gemini
- 21:14 – 23:33 Cancer
- 23:33 – 01:48 next day Leo
- 01:48 – 04:03 next day Virgo
- 04:03 – 06:21 next day Libra
- 06:21 – 06:29 next day Scorpio
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