Lucknow panchang, 16 August 2028
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 00:53 Shravana month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:48
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:41 to 05:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 03:49 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 18:12
- Karana Bava until 16:36, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 19:24
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 20:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:39 – 18:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:49 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:03 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:40 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
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:45 Cancer
- 05:45 – 08:00 Leo
- 08:00 – 10:14 Virgo
- 10:14 – 12:32 Libra
- 12:32 – 14:50 Scorpio
- 14:50 – 16:54 Sagittarius
- 16:54 – 18:38 Capricorn
- 18:38 – 20:07 Aquarius
- 20:07 – 21:34 Pisces
- 21:34 – 23:11 Aries
- 23:11 – 01:08 next day Taurus
- 01:08 – 03:22 next day Gemini
- 03:22 – 05:40 next day Cancer
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