Patna panchang, 23 April 2025
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 02:11 Chaitra month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:57 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:11 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:22 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:47 – 13:24
- 05:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:15 to 05:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:43
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:07 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 18:51
- Karana Vanija until 05:34, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:34 – 16:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:22 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:24
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:20 – 12:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:37 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:38 – 15:36
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. 03:51 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:20 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:34 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:11 – 11:47 | Good |
| Rog | 11:47 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:38 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:10 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:33 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:56 – 05:19 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
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:55 Pisces
- 04:55 – 06:33 Aries
- 06:33 – 08:30 Taurus
- 08:30 – 10:44 Gemini
- 10:44 – 13:02 Cancer
- 13:02 – 15:17 Leo
- 15:17 – 17:30 Virgo
- 17:30 – 19:46 Libra
- 19:46 – 22:03 Scorpio
- 22:03 – 00:08 next day Sagittarius
- 00:08 – 01:53 next day Capricorn
- 01:53 – 03:23 next day Aquarius
- 03:23 – 04:51 next day Pisces
- 04:51 – 05:19 next day Aries
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