Lucknow panchang, 20 September 2028
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 07:25 Ashwin month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:28 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:30
- 06:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:03 to 05:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:55 Moon enters Libra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 16:19
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 19:05
- Karana Balava until 06:07, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:55 Moon enters Libra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:30
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. 04:20 – 05:07
- 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 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:55 – 09:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:55 – 16:19
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:55 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:26 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:28 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:32 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 05:55 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
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:42 Leo
- 05:42 – 07:57 Virgo
- 07:57 – 10:15 Libra
- 10:15 – 12:32 Scorpio
- 12:32 – 14:37 Sagittarius
- 14:37 – 16:20 Capricorn
- 16:20 – 17:50 Aquarius
- 17:50 – 19:17 Pisces
- 19:17 – 20:53 Aries
- 20:53 – 22:50 Taurus
- 22:50 – 01:04 next day Gemini
- 01:04 – 03:23 next day Cancer
- 03:23 – 05:39 next day Leo
- 05:39 – 05:55 next day Virgo
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