Patna panchang, 18 October 2023
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 09:02 Ashwin month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 17:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam 10:08 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta 11:11 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 11:57 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:34 – 13:00
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:18 to 05:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:12 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 21:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:18
- Karana Vanija until 13:23, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:18 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:11 – 11:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 13:00
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. 04:10 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 11:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 19:49
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:50 – 21:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:50 – 21:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:50 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:50 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:42 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:08 – 11:34 | Good |
| Rog | 11:34 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:00 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Char | 14:26 – 15:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:52 – 17:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:18 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:52 – 20:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:26 – 22:00 | Good |
| Char | 22:00 – 23:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:34 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:08 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:16 – 05:50 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
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 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
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:52 Virgo
- 05:52 – 08:08 Libra
- 08:08 – 10:26 Scorpio
- 10:26 – 12:30 Sagittarius
- 12:30 – 14:15 Capricorn
- 14:15 – 15:45 Aquarius
- 15:45 – 17:14 Pisces
- 17:14 – 18:52 Aries
- 18:52 – 20:49 Taurus
- 20:49 – 23:03 Gemini
- 23:03 – 01:20 next day Cancer
- 01:20 – 03:35 next day Leo
- 03:35 – 05:48 next day Virgo
- 05:48 – 05:50 next day Libra
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