Lucknow panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 07:00 Margashirsha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:16
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:12 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 08:46 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:00 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:39
- Karana Kimstughna until 19:32, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:21
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:39 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:39 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:16
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. 04:56 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:12 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:39 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:16 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:35 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:35 – 15:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:53 – 17:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:12 – 18:54 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:54 – 20:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:35 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:40 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:22 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:22 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:45 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
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:02 Libra
- 05:02 – 07:20 Scorpio
- 07:20 – 09:24 Sagittarius
- 09:24 – 11:08 Capricorn
- 11:08 – 12:37 Aquarius
- 12:37 – 14:04 Pisces
- 14:04 – 15:41 Aries
- 15:41 – 17:37 Taurus
- 17:37 – 19:52 Gemini
- 19:52 – 22:10 Cancer
- 22:10 – 00:26 next day Leo
- 00:26 – 02:40 next day Virgo
- 02:40 – 04:58 next day Libra
- 04:58 – 06:45 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