Lucknow panchang, 18 August 2027
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 19:12 Shravana month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:47
- 15:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:40 to 05:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:22 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 15:16
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 05:15 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 02:22 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:16, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:22 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:47
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:12 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 20:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:16 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:40 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:18 – 05:40 next day | Bad |
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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:40 Cancer
- 05:40 – 07:55 Leo
- 07:55 – 10:10 Virgo
- 10:10 – 12:27 Libra
- 12:27 – 14:45 Scorpio
- 14:45 – 16:49 Sagittarius
- 16:49 – 18:33 Capricorn
- 18:33 – 20:02 Aquarius
- 20:02 – 21:29 Pisces
- 21:29 – 23:06 Aries
- 23:06 – 01:03 next day Taurus
- 01:03 – 03:17 next day Gemini
- 03:17 – 05:36 next day Cancer
- 05:36 – 05:40 next day Leo
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