Patna panchang, 28 February 2024
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 21:07 Magha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 17:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:35 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:29
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:49 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 17:16
- Karana Bava until 15:08, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:29
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:17 – 13:33
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. 04:35 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:15 – 07:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:35 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:49 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:28 | Good |
| Char | 22:28 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 06:14 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
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:32 Capricorn
- 05:32 – 07:03 Aquarius
- 07:03 – 08:31 Pisces
- 08:31 – 10:09 Aries
- 10:09 – 12:06 Taurus
- 12:06 – 14:20 Gemini
- 14:20 – 16:38 Cancer
- 16:38 – 18:52 Leo
- 18:52 – 21:05 Virgo
- 21:05 – 23:22 Libra
- 23:22 – 01:39 next day Scorpio
- 01:39 – 03:43 next day Sagittarius
- 03:43 – 05:28 next day Capricorn
- 05:28 – 06:14 next day Aquarius
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