Patna panchang, 1 November 2023
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 19:52 Ashwin month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 17:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:21 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam 10:09 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta 11:10 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 11:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:32 – 12:56
- 09:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:06 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:11 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:07 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 21:19
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 04:36 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 14:06
- Karana Bava until 09:19, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:06 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:11 Moon enters Gemini
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:09 – 11:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:10 – 11:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:32 – 12:56
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. 04:15 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 04:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:21 – 08:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:45 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:09 – 11:32 | Good |
| Rog | 11:32 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:56 – 14:20 | Bad |
| Char | 14:20 – 15:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:43 – 17:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:43 – 20:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:20 – 21:56 | Good |
| Char | 21:56 – 23:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:33 – 01:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:09 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:22 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:57 Virgo
- 04:57 – 07:13 Libra
- 07:13 – 09:31 Scorpio
- 09:31 – 11:35 Sagittarius
- 11:35 – 13:20 Capricorn
- 13:20 – 14:50 Aquarius
- 14:50 – 16:19 Pisces
- 16:19 – 17:57 Aries
- 17:57 – 19:54 Taurus
- 19:54 – 22:07 Gemini
- 22:07 – 00:25 next day Cancer
- 00:25 – 02:40 next day Leo
- 02:40 – 04:53 next day Virgo
- 04:53 – 05:58 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