Patna panchang, 15 December 2023
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 16:59 Moonrise 08:48 Margashirsha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 16:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:47 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:47
- Yamaganda 14:22 – 15:41
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
16:59 to 06:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:59 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 22:30
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:10 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:16
- Karana Taitila until 11:44, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:41
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. 04:40 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:59 – 19:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:10 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:28 – 07:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:47 – 09:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:06 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:03 | Good |
| Rog | 13:03 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:22 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Char | 15:41 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:59 – 18:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:41 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:22 – 22:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:03 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:44 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:06 – 04:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:48 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:38 Scorpio
- 06:38 – 08:42 Sagittarius
- 08:42 – 10:27 Capricorn
- 10:27 – 11:57 Aquarius
- 11:57 – 13:26 Pisces
- 13:26 – 15:04 Aries
- 15:04 – 17:01 Taurus
- 17:01 – 19:14 Gemini
- 19:14 – 21:32 Cancer
- 21:32 – 23:47 Leo
- 23:47 – 02:00 next day Virgo
- 02:00 – 04:16 next day Libra
- 04:16 – 06:29 next day Scorpio
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