Lucknow panchang, 20 December 2026
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 13:44 Margashirsha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 17:16- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:40 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta 15:52 – 16:34
- Rahu Kalam 15:58 – 17:16
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:16 to 06:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:55 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 08:10
- Karana Vanija until 09:18, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:40 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:52 – 16:34
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:58 – 17:16
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 14:55 – 06:51 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. 05:02 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:16 – 19:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:51 – 14:55
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:51 – 14:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:51 – 08:09 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:09 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 10:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:45 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:21 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:40 | Good |
| Rog | 14:40 – 15:58 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:58 – 17:16 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:16 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:58 – 20:40 | Good |
| Char | 20:40 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 00:04 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:45 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:45 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:27 – 05:09 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:51 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
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 05:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:37 Scorpio
- 06:37 – 08:41 Sagittarius
- 08:41 – 10:25 Capricorn
- 10:25 – 11:54 Aquarius
- 11:54 – 13:21 Pisces
- 13:21 – 14:58 Aries
- 14:58 – 16:54 Taurus
- 16:54 – 19:08 Gemini
- 19:08 – 21:27 Cancer
- 21:27 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 01:57 next day Virgo
- 01:57 – 04:15 next day Libra
- 04:15 – 06:33 next day Scorpio
- 06:33 – 06:51 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