Patna panchang, 16 December 2023
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 09:40 Margashirsha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:00- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:29 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam 09:07 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:05
- Yamaganda 13:03 – 14:22
- 07:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:00 to 06:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 20:00
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:37 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 07:02
- Karana Vanija until 09:16, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:02 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:03 – 14:22
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. 04:41 – 05:35
- 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 17:00 – 19:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:29 – 04:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:29 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:58 – 04:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:29 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:48 – 09:07 | Good |
| Rog | 09:07 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 13:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:03 – 14:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:22 – 15:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:41 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:22 – 22:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:03 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:07 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:48 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:34 Scorpio
- 06:34 – 08:38 Sagittarius
- 08:38 – 10:23 Capricorn
- 10:23 – 11:53 Aquarius
- 11:53 – 13:22 Pisces
- 13:22 – 15:00 Aries
- 15:00 – 16:57 Taurus
- 16:57 – 19:11 Gemini
- 19:11 – 21:28 Cancer
- 21:28 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 01:56 next day Virgo
- 01:56 – 04:13 next day Libra
- 04:13 – 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