Lucknow panchang, 25 December 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 18:51 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:11 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta 08:58 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:08
- Yamaganda 14:42 – 16:00
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:18 to 06:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:18 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:16 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 23:26
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 22:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 08:28
- Karana Taitila until 13:15, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:16 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:58 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:08
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:16 – 00:22 next day
- Utpata Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 22:50 – 06:54 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 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:18 – 20:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:53 – 22:50
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:53 – 08:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:11 – 09:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:29 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 12:06 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:24 | Good |
| Rog | 13:24 – 14:42 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:42 – 16:00 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:00 – 17:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:18 – 19:00 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:00 – 20:42 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:42 – 22:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:24 – 00:06 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:30 – 05:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:12 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:17 Scorpio
- 06:17 – 08:21 Sagittarius
- 08:21 – 10:05 Capricorn
- 10:05 – 11:34 Aquarius
- 11:34 – 13:01 Pisces
- 13:01 – 14:38 Aries
- 14:38 – 16:34 Taurus
- 16:34 – 18:49 Gemini
- 18:49 – 21:08 Cancer
- 21:08 – 23:23 Leo
- 23:23 – 01:37 next day Virgo
- 01:37 – 03:55 next day Libra
- 03:55 – 06:13 next day Scorpio
- 06:13 – 06:54 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