Panchang / Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Daily panchang

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · Friday, 10 Nov 2023

Ashwina, krishna · Tithi 12

Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h)

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The day in simple words

Tithi: Dwadashi · until 12:36
Nakshatra: Hasta · until 00:08 (11 Nov 2023)
Good time to start something: 11:28–12:11 · Abhijit
Avoid starting new work: 10:27–11:50 · Rahu kaal
Festival: Dhanteras

All times are for Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. They change from place to place.

About this page

What this page tells you. The panchang is the Hindu calendar for one day and one place. It gives the tithi (lunar date), the nakshatra (the Moon's star), the yoga, the karana and the weekday, with sunrise and sunset.

How to read it. Look at the five parts at the top first, then the timings. Rahu kaal and Yamaganda are times the tradition avoids for starting something new. Abhijit is usually taken as the good time around midday. Choghadiya splits the day into eight parts, each marked good, neutral or poor.

Good to know: Times are worked out for the place you choose and change with it. Customs differ by region and family. If a ritual matters to you, confirm the timing with your priest or family tradition.

New to these words? See the astrology words explained simply.

Sunrise

06:21

Sunset

17:18

Moonrise

03:22

Moonset

15:30

Moonrise and moonset are for this calendar day, midnight to midnight, at this place. The Moon rises about 50 minutes later each day, so on some days it does not rise or set at all. A dash means it happens on the day before or after.

The five parts of the day (panchang)

Each part lasts until the time shown.
Part	Value	Ends	What the old texts say
Tithi	Dwadashi then Trayodashi	12:36	Bhadra (auspicious) Favoured for service, health matters and steady work.
Nakshatra	Hasta then Chitra	00:08 11 Nov 2023	The hand: skill, craft and the making of things. Tradition connects it with dexterity, with healing touch, and with obtaining what one reaches for.
Yoga	Vishkambha then Priti	17:05	inauspicious Among the yogas the texts advise avoiding for new beginnings.
Karana	Taitila then Gara · until 01:21 (11 Nov 2023) then Vanija	12:36	One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
Vara	Friday	—	Ruled by Venus. Favoured for marriage, art and purchases.

These good and bad times come from the classical muhurat books, such as Muhurta Chintamani. They are traditional rules for choosing a time, not predictions.

Times to avoid, and the good midday time

Sunrise 06:21
Sunset 17:18

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

Sunrise, sunset and the good and bad times (muhurat)

Period	From	To	What the old texts say
Sunrise	06:21	—
Sunset	17:18	—
Rahu kaal	10:27	11:50	About an hour and a half that changes with the weekday. The tradition says not to start anything new in it.
Gulika	07:43	09:05	Saturn's part of the day. It is avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal.
Yamaganda	14:34	15:56	Another time to avoid, also set by the weekday.
Abhijit	11:28	12:11	The time around local midday. The tradition sees it as the best time of the day, and the one to use when no other good time is free. Not used on Wednesdays.
Brahma muhurta	04:37	05:29	Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya	05:03	06:21	The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta	13:39	14:23	Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta	17:18	17:44	Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya	17:18	18:36	The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta	23:24	00:16 11 Nov 2023	The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta	08:33	09:16	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Dur muhurta	12:11	12:55	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam	17:35	19:20	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, not the Sun: favoured for starting good work, and in the south it outweighs a weak hour of the day.
Varjyam	07:07	08:51	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, also called tyajyam: new undertakings are avoided in it. Much observed in the south, alongside Rahu kalam.

Facts about the day

Day length (dinamana): 10 h 56 min
Night length (ratrimana): 13 h 4 min
Midday (madhyahna): 11:50
Direction to avoid for travel today (disha shool): West

Sunrise here is when the top edge of the Sun appears, as in the Drik panchang. Calendars that use the centre of the Sun can differ by two to four minutes.

Choghadiya

The night choghadiya starts at a different point from the day one, so the two are listed separately.

Day

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Chal	06:21	07:43	neutral travel and movement
Labh	07:43	09:05	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	09:05	10:27	best anything at all
Kaal	10:27	11:50	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	11:50	13:12	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	13:12	14:34	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	14:34	15:56	avoid government work only
Chal	15:56	17:18	neutral travel and movement

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Rog	17:18	18:56	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	18:56	20:34	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	20:34	22:12	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	22:12	23:50	avoid government work only
Shubh	23:50	01:28	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	01:28	03:06	best anything at all
Chal	03:06	04:44	neutral travel and movement
Rog	04:44	06:22	avoid confrontation and debt collection only

Gowri panchangam

The Tamil way of dividing the day into eight parts, with different names. It is its own table, not a translation: the two systems do not always agree on which part of the day is good.

Gowri	From	To	Quality
Visham	06:21	07:43	avoid nothing new
Labham	07:43	09:05	good gain, new work
Dhanam	09:05	10:27	good money, purchase, trade
Sugam	10:27	11:50	good travel, ease, hospitality
Amirdham	11:50	13:12	best anything auspicious
Uthi	13:12	14:34	neutral ordinary work
Soram	14:34	15:56	avoid nothing new
Rogam	15:56	17:18	avoid medicine only

More details for the dayMoon and Sun signs through the day, the years (samvat), seasons, special yogas and windows, Chandrabalam and Tarabalam, the rising sign through the day, and the hora table.

More of the day

Moon sign: Virgo
Sun sign: Libra
Nakshatra pada: Hasta pada 2 · until 11:06
Hasta pada 3 · until 17:38
Hasta pada 4 · until 00:08 (11 Nov 2023)
Chitra pada 1
Sun's nakshatra: Vishakha pada 1 · until 10:20
then Vishakha pada 2
Anandadi yoga: Amrita · until 00:08 (11 Nov 2023)
then Musala
Shaka samvat: 1945 Shobhakrit
Vikram samvat: 2080 Nala
Gujarati samvat: 2079 Ananda
Ritu (by lunar month): Sharad
Ritu (by the Sun's season): Hemanta
Ayana (sidereal): Dakshinayana
Ayana (by the solstices): Dakshinayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction): South
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction): South-east
Jovian year (Brihaspati samvatsara): Pingala · until 13:56 (29 Apr 2024)

The Shaka year starts on Chaitra shukla pratipada, and the Gujarati year on Kartika shukla pratipada, the day after Diwali. There are two ritus (seasons) because one follows the lunar month and the other the Sun's real season.

Special yogas and times of the day
Period	From	To	What the old texts say
Ravi yoga	Not today		When the Moon's nakshatra is the 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's: held to cancel many faults of the day, so it is sought for starting work.
Bhadra	Not today		The Vishti karana. Auspicious work is avoided in it, most of all while Bhadra is said to stay on earth; in the heavens or the underworld it is held harmless here.
Ganda moola	Not today		The Moon in Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Mula or Revati, the nakshatras at the joins of water and fire signs. A birth in it is traditionally followed by a shanti.
Panchaka	Not today		The Moon in Kumbha or Meena, from the second half of Dhanishtha to the end of Revati. Southward travel, roofing and gathering firewood are traditionally put off.
Baana: Chora (theft)	02:16 11 Nov 2023	06:22 11 Nov 2023	Set by the Sun's degree within its sign, so each lasts about a day. Muhurta texts avoid Roga for medicine, Agni for building, Raja for dealings with authority, Chora for travel and Mrityu for weddings.

Chandrabalam and Tarabalam

These help you check the day against YOUR OWN Moon sign (rashi) and birth star (nakshatra). If yours is in the list, the day is favourable for you. Chandrabalam counts the Moon's sign from yours (1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th are good); Tarabalam counts the Moon's star from yours in groups of nine.

Chandrabalam for: Aries, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Pisces
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Aquarius
Tarabalam for · until 00:08: Ashwini, Krittika, Mrigashira, Ardra, Pushya, Magha, Uttara Phalguni, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, Uttara Ashadha, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha, Uttara Bhadrapada
Tarabalam for · until the next sunrise: Bharani, Rohini, Ardra, Punarvasu, Ashlesha, Purva Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Vishakha, Jyeshtha, Purva Ashadha, Shravana, Shatabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada, Revati

Udaya lagna

Lagna	From	To
Libra	04:39	06:57
Scorpio	06:57	09:15
Sagittarius	09:15	11:19
Capricorn	11:19	13:03
Aquarius	13:03	14:32
Pisces	14:32	15:59
Aries	15:59	17:36
Taurus	17:36	19:32
Gemini	19:32	21:46
Cancer	21:46	00:05 11 Nov 2023
Leo	00:05 11 Nov 2023	02:21 11 Nov 2023
Virgo	02:21 11 Nov 2023	04:35 11 Nov 2023

Panchaka rahita muhurta

Period	From	To
Roga (illness)	06:21	06:57
Free of panchaka (good)	06:57	09:15
Mrityu (danger)	09:15	11:19
Agni (fire)	11:19	12:36
Free of panchaka (good)	12:36	13:03
Raja (the state)	13:03	14:32
Free of panchaka (good)	14:32	17:36
Raja (the state)	17:36	19:32
Free of panchaka (good)	19:32	21:46
Chora (theft)	21:46	00:05 11 Nov 2023
Free of panchaka (good)	00:05 11 Nov 2023	00:08 11 Nov 2023
Roga (illness)	00:08 11 Nov 2023	02:21 11 Nov 2023
Free of panchaka (good)	02:21 11 Nov 2023	04:35 11 Nov 2023
Mrityu (danger)	04:35 11 Nov 2023	06:22 11 Nov 2023

The sign rising in the east changes through the day, starting with the one rising at sunrise. Panchaka rahita divides the day wherever the rising sign, the tithi or the nakshatra changes, and marks each part as free of panchaka (good) or not.

Hora (planetary hours)

The day and the night are each split into twelve horas, starting at sunrise, and each hora is ruled by a planet. Day horas share out the daylight and night horas the darkness, so in summer a day hora is longer than an hour. The first hora of each day belongs to that day's planet, which is where the weekday names come from.

#	Hora lord	From	To	Suited to
1	Venus	06:21	07:16	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
2	Mercury	07:16	08:11	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
3	Moon	08:11	09:05	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
4	Saturn	09:05	10:00	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
5	Jupiter	10:00	10:55	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
6	Mars	10:55	11:50	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
7	Sun	11:50	12:44	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
8	Venus	12:44	13:39	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
9	Mercury	13:39	14:34	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
10	Moon	14:34	15:28	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
11	Saturn	15:28	16:23	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
12	Jupiter	16:23	17:18	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
13 night	Mars	17:18	18:23	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
14 night	Sun	18:23	19:28	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
15 night	Venus	19:28	20:34	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
16 night	Mercury	20:34	21:39	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
17 night	Moon	21:39	22:45	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
18 night	Saturn	22:45	23:50	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
19 night	Jupiter	23:50	00:55	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
20 night	Mars	00:55	02:01	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
21 night	Sun	02:01	03:06	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
22 night	Venus	03:06	04:11	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
23 night	Mercury	04:11	05:17	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
24 night	Moon	05:17	06:22	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to

Festivals and fasts

Lunar month (ending at new moon, amanta)	Ashwina
Lunar month (ending at full moon, purnimanta)	Kartika
Paksha (bright or dark half)	krishna
Tithi	12

The two ways of counting give this month different names. It is the same day; both names are correct.

Festivals and fasts	How the date is set	Where it is kept
Dhanteras the first day of the Diwali sequence, kept at pradosh	pradosh (dusk)	all India

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