Lucknow panchang, 18 August 2028
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 03:01 Shravana month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:39- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:17 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:24 – 17:01
- 09:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:39 to 05:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:00 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 23:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:18 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 12:38
- Karana Gara until 12:26, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:00 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:38 – 09:07 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:01
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:00 – 09:27 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:18 – 05:40 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. 04:12 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:40 – 15:18
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:40 – 07:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:55 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:24 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Char | 17:01 – 18:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:39 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:02 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:24 – 22:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:47 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:55 – 04:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:18 – 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
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:37 Cancer
- 05:37 – 07:52 Leo
- 07:52 – 10:07 Virgo
- 10:07 – 12:24 Libra
- 12:24 – 14:42 Scorpio
- 14:42 – 16:46 Sagittarius
- 16:46 – 18:30 Capricorn
- 18:30 – 19:59 Aquarius
- 19:59 – 21:26 Pisces
- 21:26 – 23:03 Aries
- 23:03 – 01:00 next day Taurus
- 01:00 – 03:14 next day Gemini
- 03:14 – 05:33 next day Cancer
- 05:33 – 05:40 next day Leo
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