Patna panchang, 17 December 2023
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 10:25 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:45 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 14:22 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta 15:36 – 16:18
- Rahu Kalam 15:41 – 17:00
- 06:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:00 to 06:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:33
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:54 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 00:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:46, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:36 – 16:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:41 – 17:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:35 – 01:47 next day
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) 11:24 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:00 – 19:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:54 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:29 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:48 – 09:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:07 – 10:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:26 – 11:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:45 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:22 | Good |
| Rog | 14:22 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:41 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:00 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:41 – 20:23 | Good |
| Char | 20:23 – 22:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:04 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:45 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:08 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:49 – 06:30 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 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:30 Scorpio
- 06:30 – 08:34 Sagittarius
- 08:34 – 10:19 Capricorn
- 10:19 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 13:18 Pisces
- 13:18 – 14:56 Aries
- 14:56 – 16:53 Taurus
- 16:53 – 19:07 Gemini
- 19:07 – 21:25 Cancer
- 21:25 – 23:39 Leo
- 23:39 – 01:52 next day Virgo
- 01:52 – 04:09 next day Libra
- 04:09 – 06:26 next day Scorpio
- 06:26 – 06:30 next day Sagittarius
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