Patna panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 23:37 Margashirsha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:12
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:10 to 06:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:48
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:20 next day
- Karana Bava until 19:48, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:12
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:20 – 08:44 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. 04:49 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:37 – 14:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:37 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:46 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:37 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Char | 14:31 – 15:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:51 – 17:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:10 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:31 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:23 Scorpio
- 05:23 – 07:27 Sagittarius
- 07:27 – 09:12 Capricorn
- 09:12 – 10:43 Aquarius
- 10:43 – 12:11 Pisces
- 12:11 – 13:49 Aries
- 13:49 – 15:46 Taurus
- 15:46 – 18:00 Gemini
- 18:00 – 20:18 Cancer
- 20:18 – 22:32 Leo
- 22:32 – 00:45 next day Virgo
- 00:45 – 03:02 next day Libra
- 03:02 – 05:19 next day Scorpio
- 05:19 – 06:37 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