Patna panchang, 20 December 2023
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 12:15 Margashirsha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:50 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:25 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:05
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:01 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 22:57 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:56
- Karana Bava until 11:14, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:37 – 15:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:25 – 12:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:05
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:57 – 06:32 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. 04:43 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:01 – 19:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:57 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:50 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:24 | Bad |
| Char | 14:24 – 15:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:43 – 17:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:01 – 18:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:43 – 20:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:24 – 22:05 | Good |
| Char | 22:05 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:09 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:50 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:18 Scorpio
- 06:18 – 08:23 Sagittarius
- 08:23 – 10:07 Capricorn
- 10:07 – 11:38 Aquarius
- 11:38 – 13:06 Pisces
- 13:06 – 14:44 Aries
- 14:44 – 16:41 Taurus
- 16:41 – 18:55 Gemini
- 18:55 – 21:13 Cancer
- 21:13 – 23:27 Leo
- 23:27 – 01:40 next day Virgo
- 01:40 – 03:57 next day Libra
- 03:57 – 06:14 next day Scorpio
- 06:14 – 06:32 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