Lucknow panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 12:32 Margashirsha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:08 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:39 – 15:57
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:15 to 06:50 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:39 – 15:57
- Visha yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 06:50 next day
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. 05:01 – 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 17:15 – 19:58
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Narada, quoted in Muhurta Chintamani 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 06:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:50 – 08:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:08 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:02 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:39 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:39 – 15:57 | Avoid |
| Char | 15:57 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:57 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:57 – 20:39 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:39 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 00:03 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:08 – 06:50 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
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:44 Scorpio
- 06:44 – 08:49 Sagittarius
- 08:49 – 10:32 Capricorn
- 10:32 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 13:29 Pisces
- 13:29 – 15:05 Aries
- 15:05 – 17:02 Taurus
- 17:02 – 19:16 Gemini
- 19:16 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 23:50 Leo
- 23:50 – 02:05 next day Virgo
- 02:05 – 04:23 next day Libra
- 04:23 – 06:40 next day Scorpio
- 06:40 – 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