Lucknow panchang, 26 December 2026
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 20:03 Margashirsha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 17:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:54 – 08:12
- Durmuhurta 06:54 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta 07:35 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam 09:30 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 14:43
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:19 to 06:54 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 06:35 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:05
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:13 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 00:22 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:42, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 06:35 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:12
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:54 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:35 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:30 – 10:48
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:42 – 20:05
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:22 – 01:34 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. 05:05 – 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 17:19 – 20:02
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:05 – 06:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:54 – 08:12 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:12 – 09:30 | Good |
| Rog | 09:30 – 10:48 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:06 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 14:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:43 – 16:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:01 – 17:19 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:19 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:01 – 20:43 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:43 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:30 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 03:30 – 05:12 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 05:12 – 06:54 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
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:13 Scorpio
- 06:13 – 08:17 Sagittarius
- 08:17 – 10:01 Capricorn
- 10:01 – 11:30 Aquarius
- 11:30 – 12:57 Pisces
- 12:57 – 14:34 Aries
- 14:34 – 16:30 Taurus
- 16:30 – 18:45 Gemini
- 18:45 – 21:04 Cancer
- 21:04 – 23:19 Leo
- 23:19 – 01:33 next day Virgo
- 01:33 – 03:51 next day Libra
- 03:51 – 06:09 next day Scorpio
- 06:09 – 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