Lucknow panchang, 18 April 2028
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 01:48 Chaitra 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 18:31- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 08:53 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:05 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam 15:18 – 16:54
- 06:31 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:31 to 05:39 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:45 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 13:37
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:11 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:31
- Karana Gara until 13:37, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:31 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:45 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:54
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:45 – 16:14 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:11 – 05:39 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 04:57 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:49 – 05:39 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. 04:11 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:40 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:16 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Char | 08:53 – 10:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:29 – 12:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:05 – 13:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:42 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:18 – 16:54 | Good |
| Rog | 16:54 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:31 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:54 – 21:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:05 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:28 – 02:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:52 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:15 – 05:39 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 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:30 Pisces
- 05:30 – 07:07 Aries
- 07:07 – 09:03 Taurus
- 09:03 – 11:18 Gemini
- 11:18 – 13:36 Cancer
- 13:36 – 15:52 Leo
- 15:52 – 18:06 Virgo
- 18:06 – 20:24 Libra
- 20:24 – 22:42 Scorpio
- 22:42 – 00:46 next day Sagittarius
- 00:46 – 02:30 next day Capricorn
- 02:30 – 03:59 next day Aquarius
- 03:59 – 05:26 next day Pisces
- 05:26 – 05:39 next day Aries
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