Lucknow panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 09:20 Margashirsha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 17:13- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:46 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam 09:23 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:36
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:13 to 06:47 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:12 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:17
- Karana Gara until 14:06, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:41
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:36
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:01 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:52 – 15:10
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. 04:58 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:13 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:46 – 06:12 next day
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:06 – 06:47 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 06:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:46 – 08:04 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:04 – 09:23 | Good |
| Rog | 09:23 – 10:41 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:41 – 11:59 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:36 – 15:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:54 – 17:13 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:13 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:36 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:36 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:41 – 03:23 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 03:23 – 05:05 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 05:05 – 06:47 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
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 07:08 Scorpio
- 07:08 – 09:12 Sagittarius
- 09:12 – 10:56 Capricorn
- 10:56 – 12:25 Aquarius
- 12:25 – 13:52 Pisces
- 13:52 – 15:29 Aries
- 15:29 – 17:26 Taurus
- 17:26 – 19:40 Gemini
- 19:40 – 21:59 Cancer
- 21:59 – 00:14 next day Leo
- 00:14 – 02:29 next day Virgo
- 02:29 – 04:46 next day Libra
- 04:46 – 06:47 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