Lucknow panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 08:40 Bhadrapada month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:45
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:34 to 05:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:55 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 23:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 12:50
- Karana Vanija until 15:29, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:45
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 20:59 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:03 – 21:55
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. 04:13 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 23:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:42 – 23:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:42 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:19 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:19 – 05:43 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
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:17 Cancer
- 05:17 – 07:33 Leo
- 07:33 – 09:47 Virgo
- 09:47 – 12:05 Libra
- 12:05 – 14:22 Scorpio
- 14:22 – 16:27 Sagittarius
- 16:27 – 18:11 Capricorn
- 18:11 – 19:40 Aquarius
- 19:40 – 21:07 Pisces
- 21:07 – 22:44 Aries
- 22:44 – 00:40 next day Taurus
- 00:40 – 02:54 next day Gemini
- 02:54 – 05:13 next day Cancer
- 05:13 – 05:43 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