Lucknow panchang, 17 May 2028
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 00:50 Vaishakha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 18:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:59 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:43
- 05:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:42 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:47 to 05:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:27
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 05:03 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 16:36
- Karana Kaulava until 05:27, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:36 – 17:32 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. 03:54 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 20:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:18 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:40 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:40 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:59 – 05:18 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
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:13 Aries
- 05:13 – 07:09 Taurus
- 07:09 – 09:24 Gemini
- 09:24 – 11:42 Cancer
- 11:42 – 13:58 Leo
- 13:58 – 16:12 Virgo
- 16:12 – 18:30 Libra
- 18:30 – 20:48 Scorpio
- 20:48 – 22:52 Sagittarius
- 22:52 – 00:36 next day Capricorn
- 00:36 – 02:05 next day Aquarius
- 02:05 – 03:32 next day Pisces
- 03:32 – 05:09 next day Aries
- 05:09 – 05:18 next day Taurus
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