Patna panchang, 27 December 2023
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 17:18 Margashirsha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:09
Night
17:05 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:46 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 23:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 02:40 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 18:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:09
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. 04:46 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:34 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:09 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Char | 14:27 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:28 – 22:09 | Good |
| Char | 22:09 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:50 Scorpio
- 05:50 – 07:55 Sagittarius
- 07:55 – 09:40 Capricorn
- 09:40 – 11:10 Aquarius
- 11:10 – 12:38 Pisces
- 12:38 – 14:16 Aries
- 14:16 – 16:13 Taurus
- 16:13 – 18:27 Gemini
- 18:27 – 20:45 Cancer
- 20:45 – 22:59 Leo
- 22:59 – 01:13 next day Virgo
- 01:13 – 03:29 next day Libra
- 03:29 – 05:46 next day Scorpio
- 05:46 – 06:35 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