Patna panchang, 18 December 2023
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 11:05 Margashirsha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:01- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:49 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam 13:04 – 14:23
- Durmuhurta 14:12 – 14:54
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:01 to 06:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 15:14
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:21 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 21:31
- Karana Taitila until 15:14, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:12 – 14:54
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. 04:42 – 05:36
- 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 17:01 – 19:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 01:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:30 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:49 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:08 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:45 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:23 – 15:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:42 – 17:01 | Good |
| Char | 17:01 – 18:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:42 – 20:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:23 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:04 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:08 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:49 – 06:31 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:26 Scorpio
- 06:26 – 08:30 Sagittarius
- 08:30 – 10:15 Capricorn
- 10:15 – 11:46 Aquarius
- 11:46 – 13:14 Pisces
- 13:14 – 14:52 Aries
- 14:52 – 16:49 Taurus
- 16:49 – 19:03 Gemini
- 19:03 – 21:21 Cancer
- 21:21 – 23:35 Leo
- 23:35 – 01:48 next day Virgo
- 01:48 – 04:05 next day Libra
- 04:05 – 06:22 next day Scorpio
- 06:22 – 06:31 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