Lucknow panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 17:38 Margashirsha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 17:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:53 – 08:11
- Gulika Kalam 09:29 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta 10:21 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta 14:31 – 15:13
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:18 to 06:53 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:18 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:58
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 12:51
- Karana Bava until 06:58, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:11
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:21 – 11:03
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:31 – 15:13
- Kana Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:53 – 01:47 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. 05:04 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:18 – 20:01
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:53 – 06:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:47 – 06:53 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 01:47 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:53 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:11 – 09:29 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:29 – 10:47 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:47 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 14:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:42 – 16:00 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:00 – 17:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:18 – 19:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:00 – 20:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:42 – 22:24 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:24 – 00:05 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:47 – 03:29 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 03:29 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:11 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:21 Scorpio
- 06:21 – 08:25 Sagittarius
- 08:25 – 10:09 Capricorn
- 10:09 – 11:38 Aquarius
- 11:38 – 13:05 Pisces
- 13:05 – 14:42 Aries
- 14:42 – 16:38 Taurus
- 16:38 – 18:53 Gemini
- 18:53 – 21:11 Cancer
- 21:11 – 23:27 Leo
- 23:27 – 01:41 next day Virgo
- 01:41 – 03:59 next day Libra
- 03:59 – 06:17 next day Scorpio
- 06:17 – 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