Lucknow panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 09:54 Pausha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 17:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:22
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:16 to 06:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 01:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:45, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:20 – 02:32 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:27 – 06:52 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. 05:02 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:51 – 09:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Char | 14:40 – 15:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:58 – 17:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:16 – 18:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:58 – 20:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:40 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:10 – 06:52 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
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:35 Scorpio
- 06:35 – 08:39 Sagittarius
- 08:39 – 10:23 Capricorn
- 10:23 – 11:52 Aquarius
- 11:52 – 13:19 Pisces
- 13:19 – 14:56 Aries
- 14:56 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:06 Gemini
- 19:06 – 21:25 Cancer
- 21:25 – 23:41 Leo
- 23:41 – 01:55 next day Virgo
- 01:55 – 04:13 next day Libra
- 04:13 – 06:31 next day Scorpio
- 06:31 – 06:52 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