Patna panchang, 21 October 2023
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 12:05 Ashwin month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 17:16- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:51 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 05:51 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam 08:42 – 10:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 11:56
- Yamaganda 12:59 – 14:25
- 10:42 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:16 to 05:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:36 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:38 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 21:53
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 19:54 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 00:36 next day
- Karana Gara until 10:42, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:36 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:38 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:51 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:51 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:59 – 14:25
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 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 11:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:51 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:17 – 08:42 | Good |
| Rog | 08:42 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:08 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Char | 11:34 – 12:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:59 – 14:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:25 – 15:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:50 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:16 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:25 – 21:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:59 – 23:34 | Good |
| Char | 23:34 – 01:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:08 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:17 – 05:52 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
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:40 Virgo
- 05:40 – 07:57 Libra
- 07:57 – 10:14 Scorpio
- 10:14 – 12:18 Sagittarius
- 12:18 – 14:03 Capricorn
- 14:03 – 15:34 Aquarius
- 15:34 – 17:02 Pisces
- 17:02 – 18:40 Aries
- 18:40 – 20:37 Taurus
- 20:37 – 22:51 Gemini
- 22:51 – 01:09 next day Cancer
- 01:09 – 03:23 next day Leo
- 03:23 – 05:36 next day Virgo
- 05:36 – 05:52 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