Lucknow panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 14:29 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:09 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 10:46 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta 14:30 – 15:11
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:16 to 06:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:32 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:00, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:30 – 15:11
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. 05:03 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:16 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:51 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:09 – 09:28 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:28 – 10:46 | Good |
| Rog | 10:46 – 12:04 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:22 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:40 – 15:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:58 – 17:16 | Good |
| Char | 17:16 – 18:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:58 – 20:40 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:40 – 22:22 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:22 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:46 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:46 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:28 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:10 – 06:52 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:33 Scorpio
- 06:33 – 08:37 Sagittarius
- 08:37 – 10:21 Capricorn
- 10:21 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 13:17 Pisces
- 13:17 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 16:50 Taurus
- 16:50 – 19:04 Gemini
- 19:04 – 21:23 Cancer
- 21:23 – 23:39 Leo
- 23:39 – 01:53 next day Virgo
- 01:53 – 04:11 next day Libra
- 04:11 – 06:29 next day Scorpio
- 06:29 – 06:52 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