Lucknow panchang, 15 March 2028
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 23:08 Phalguna month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:45
- 14:50 Moon enters Scorpio
- 16:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:52 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:14 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:06 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 16:52
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:45 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 00:06 next day
- Karana Taitila until 16:52, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:50 Moon enters Scorpio
- 16:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:45 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:06 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:06 – 01:18 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. 04:40 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:38
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 20:45 – 06:15 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:45 – 06:15 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:45 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:14 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:15 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
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 04:47 Capricorn
- 04:47 – 06:17 Aquarius
- 06:17 – 07:44 Pisces
- 07:44 – 09:20 Aries
- 09:20 – 11:17 Taurus
- 11:17 – 13:31 Gemini
- 13:31 – 15:50 Cancer
- 15:50 – 18:06 Leo
- 18:06 – 20:20 Virgo
- 20:20 – 22:38 Libra
- 22:38 – 00:55 next day Scorpio
- 00:55 – 03:00 next day Sagittarius
- 03:00 – 04:44 next day Capricorn
- 04:44 – 06:13 next day Aquarius
- 06:13 – 06:15 next day Pisces
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