Lucknow panchang, 18 October 2028
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 06:09 Ashwin month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 17:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:34 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:51 – 13:16
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:33 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:26
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 01:26 next day
- Karana Naga until 08:26, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:38 – 05:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:27 – 06:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:16
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. 04:28 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:01 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:34 – 08:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:59 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Char | 14:42 – 16:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:08 – 17:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:33 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:08 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:34 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 06:07 Virgo
- 06:07 – 08:25 Libra
- 08:25 – 10:42 Scorpio
- 10:42 – 12:47 Sagittarius
- 12:47 – 14:30 Capricorn
- 14:30 – 16:00 Aquarius
- 16:00 – 17:26 Pisces
- 17:26 – 19:03 Aries
- 19:03 – 21:00 Taurus
- 21:00 – 23:14 Gemini
- 23:14 – 01:33 next day Cancer
- 01:33 – 03:48 next day Leo
- 03:48 – 06:03 next day Virgo
- 06:03 – 06:09 next day Libra
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