Lucknow panchang, 16 February 2028
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:57 Magha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:20 – 13:44
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:57 to 06:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:26 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:46 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 12:26 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 18:45
- Karana Vishti until 14:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:26 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:44
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. 05:01 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 12:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:43 – 01:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:20 | Good |
| Rog | 12:20 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 17:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:57 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:33 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:20 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:42 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
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:38 Capricorn
- 06:38 – 08:07 Aquarius
- 08:07 – 09:34 Pisces
- 09:34 – 11:11 Aries
- 11:11 – 13:07 Taurus
- 13:07 – 15:21 Gemini
- 15:21 – 17:40 Cancer
- 17:40 – 19:56 Leo
- 19:56 – 22:10 Virgo
- 22:10 – 00:28 next day Libra
- 00:28 – 02:46 next day Scorpio
- 02:46 – 04:50 next day Sagittarius
- 04:50 – 06:34 next day Capricorn
- 06:34 – 06:42 next day Aquarius
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