Patna panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 04:02 Margashirsha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:24 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:45 – 13:04
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:00 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:33 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:16
- Karana Gara until 13:16, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:24 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:04
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. 04:42 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:00 – 19:42
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:11 – 06:30 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:11 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Char | 14:23 – 15:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:42 – 17:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:00 – 18:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:42 – 20:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:23 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:49 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:28 Scorpio
- 06:28 – 08:32 Sagittarius
- 08:32 – 10:17 Capricorn
- 10:17 – 11:48 Aquarius
- 11:48 – 13:16 Pisces
- 13:16 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 16:51 Taurus
- 16:51 – 19:05 Gemini
- 19:05 – 21:23 Cancer
- 21:23 – 23:37 Leo
- 23:37 – 01:50 next day Virgo
- 01:50 – 04:07 next day Libra
- 04:07 – 06:24 next day Scorpio
- 06:24 – 06:30 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