Lucknow panchang, 24 December 2028
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 11:56 Pausha month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 17:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 14:42 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta 15:55 – 16:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:00 – 17:18
- 16:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:30 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:18 to 06:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:18 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 16:30
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 20:04 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 04:01 next day
- Karana Bava until 16:30, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:55 – 16:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:00 – 17:18
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:01 – 16:19 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. 05:04 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 20:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:53 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:04 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:53 – 08:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:11 – 09:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:29 – 10:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:47 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:24 – 14:42 | Good |
| Rog | 14:42 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:00 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:18 – 19:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:00 – 20:42 | Good |
| Char | 20:42 – 22:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:24 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:48 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:30 – 05:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:12 – 06:53 next day | Good |
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
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:19 Scorpio
- 06:19 – 08:23 Sagittarius
- 08:23 – 10:07 Capricorn
- 10:07 – 11:36 Aquarius
- 11:36 – 13:03 Pisces
- 13:03 – 14:40 Aries
- 14:40 – 16:36 Taurus
- 16:36 – 18:51 Gemini
- 18:51 – 21:10 Cancer
- 21:10 – 23:25 Leo
- 23:25 – 01:39 next day Virgo
- 01:39 – 03:57 next day Libra
- 03:57 – 06:15 next day Scorpio
- 06:15 – 06:53 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