Lucknow panchang, 18 December 2028
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 08:37 Pausha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:08 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:28 – 15:10
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:07 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:15 to 06:51 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 06:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:44 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:57 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 01:51 next day
- Karana Taitila until 18:28, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 18:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 06:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:28 – 15:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:51 – 05:27 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:50 – 06:57
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:57 – 01:35 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:35 – 06:51 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. 05:01 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:08 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:39 – 15:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:57 – 17:15 | Good |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:57 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:39 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:45 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:27 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:09 – 06:51 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:42 Scorpio
- 06:42 – 08:47 Sagittarius
- 08:47 – 10:30 Capricorn
- 10:30 – 12:00 Aquarius
- 12:00 – 13:27 Pisces
- 13:27 – 15:04 Aries
- 15:04 – 17:00 Taurus
- 17:00 – 19:14 Gemini
- 19:14 – 21:33 Cancer
- 21:33 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 02:03 next day Virgo
- 02:03 – 04:21 next day Libra
- 04:21 – 06:39 next day Scorpio
- 06:39 – 06:51 next day Sagittarius
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