Lucknow panchang, 24 May 2028
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 04:49 Vaishakha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:57 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:45
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:46 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 15:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:50 to 05:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:46
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:47 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 15:40
- Karana Naga until 13:46, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 13:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:46 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 15:40 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:45
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. 03:52 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:15 – 14:47
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:15 – 14:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:47 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:15 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:39 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:39 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:15 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
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:45 Aries
- 04:45 – 06:42 Taurus
- 06:42 – 08:56 Gemini
- 08:56 – 11:15 Cancer
- 11:15 – 13:30 Leo
- 13:30 – 15:45 Virgo
- 15:45 – 18:03 Libra
- 18:03 – 20:20 Scorpio
- 20:20 – 22:25 Sagittarius
- 22:25 – 00:08 next day Capricorn
- 00:08 – 01:38 next day Aquarius
- 01:38 – 03:04 next day Pisces
- 03:04 – 04:41 next day Aries
- 04:41 – 05:15 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