Lucknow panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 12:02 Margashirsha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 17:14- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:49 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam 09:25 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta 14:28 – 15:09
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:14 to 06:50 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:26
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 13:21
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:38
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:28 – 15:09
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. 05:00 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:14 – 19:57
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:49 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:07 – 09:25 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:25 – 10:44 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:44 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:38 – 15:56 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 15:56 – 17:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:14 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:56 – 20:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:38 – 22:20 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 00:02 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:50 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
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 05:49 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:48 Scorpio
- 06:48 – 08:53 Sagittarius
- 08:53 – 10:36 Capricorn
- 10:36 – 12:06 Aquarius
- 12:06 – 13:32 Pisces
- 13:32 – 15:09 Aries
- 15:09 – 17:06 Taurus
- 17:06 – 19:20 Gemini
- 19:20 – 21:39 Cancer
- 21:39 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 02:09 next day Virgo
- 02:09 – 04:27 next day Libra
- 04:27 – 06:44 next day Scorpio
- 06:44 – 06:50 next day Sagittarius
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