Patna panchang, 20 March 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 13:50 Phalguna month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 17:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:27
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:59 to 05:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 02:23 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 22:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 17:00
- Karana Vanija until 13:19, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:27
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:19 – 02:23 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. 04:18 – 05:06
- 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 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 22:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:23 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:24 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 17:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:59 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 20:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:27 | Good |
| Char | 22:27 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:24 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:40 Aquarius
- 05:40 – 07:08 Pisces
- 07:08 – 08:46 Aries
- 08:46 – 10:43 Taurus
- 10:43 – 12:57 Gemini
- 12:57 – 15:15 Cancer
- 15:15 – 17:29 Leo
- 17:29 – 19:42 Virgo
- 19:42 – 21:59 Libra
- 21:59 – 00:16 next day Scorpio
- 00:16 – 02:21 next day Sagittarius
- 02:21 – 04:06 next day Capricorn
- 04:06 – 05:36 next day Aquarius
- 05:36 – 05:53 next day Pisces
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