Lucknow panchang, 5 January 2028
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 11:40 Pausha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:57 to 17:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:30
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:25 to 06:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:50
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 13:15
- Karana Vishti until 07:10, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:20 – 07:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:30
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:57 – 02:31 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:31 – 06:57 next day
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. 05:08 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:31 – 06:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:57 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:34 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:07 – 17:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:25 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:07 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:15 – 06:57 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
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:35 Scorpio
- 05:35 – 07:39 Sagittarius
- 07:39 – 09:23 Capricorn
- 09:23 – 10:52 Aquarius
- 10:52 – 12:19 Pisces
- 12:19 – 13:56 Aries
- 13:56 – 15:52 Taurus
- 15:52 – 18:06 Gemini
- 18:06 – 20:25 Cancer
- 20:25 – 22:41 Leo
- 22:41 – 00:55 next day Virgo
- 00:55 – 03:13 next day Libra
- 03:13 – 05:31 next day Scorpio
- 05:31 – 06:57 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