Lucknow panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 16:27 Margashirsha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 17:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:23
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:17 to 06:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:17 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:47
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:23
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. 05:04 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:17 – 20:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:52 – 07:56
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:52 – 07:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:56 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:52 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:47 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:23 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:41 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:41 – 15:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:59 – 17:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:17 – 18:59 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:41 – 22:23 | Good |
| Char | 22:23 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:47 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:29 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:29 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:11 – 06:53 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
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:25 Scorpio
- 06:25 – 08:29 Sagittarius
- 08:29 – 10:13 Capricorn
- 10:13 – 11:42 Aquarius
- 11:42 – 13:09 Pisces
- 13:09 – 14:46 Aries
- 14:46 – 16:42 Taurus
- 16:42 – 18:57 Gemini
- 18:57 – 21:15 Cancer
- 21:15 – 23:31 Leo
- 23:31 – 01:45 next day Virgo
- 01:45 – 04:03 next day Libra
- 04:03 – 06:21 next day Scorpio
- 06:21 – 06:53 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