Lucknow panchang, 18 April 2029
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 08:21 Chaitra month
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · 26.84°, 80.92° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:42
- 05:51 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:31 to 05:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:39 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:31
- Nakshatra Rohini until 13:41 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 05:51
- Karana Vishti until 11:31, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:51 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:41 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:39 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:42
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. 04:11 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:40 – 13:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 13:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:41 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:53 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:31 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:52 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:16 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:31 Pisces
- 05:31 – 07:08 Aries
- 07:08 – 09:04 Taurus
- 09:04 – 11:19 Gemini
- 11:19 – 13:37 Cancer
- 13:37 – 15:53 Leo
- 15:53 – 18:07 Virgo
- 18:07 – 20:25 Libra
- 20:25 – 22:43 Scorpio
- 22:43 – 00:47 next day Sagittarius
- 00:47 – 02:31 next day Capricorn
- 02:31 – 04:00 next day Aquarius
- 04:00 – 05:27 next day Pisces
- 05:27 – 05:39 next day Aries
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