Patna panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 17:05 Pausha 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:37 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta 07:19 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam 09:15 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:32
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:10 to 06:37 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:32
- Nakshatra Ardra until 17:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 09:05
- Karana Bava until 15:32, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:19 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:15 – 01:47 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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:51
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:37 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:56 – 09:15 | Good |
| Rog | 09:15 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:34 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:32 – 15:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:51 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:10 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:32 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:15 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:56 – 06:37 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:21 Scorpio
- 05:21 – 07:26 Sagittarius
- 07:26 – 09:10 Capricorn
- 09:10 – 10:41 Aquarius
- 10:41 – 12:09 Pisces
- 12:09 – 13:47 Aries
- 13:47 – 15:44 Taurus
- 15:44 – 17:58 Gemini
- 17:58 – 20:16 Cancer
- 20:16 – 22:30 Leo
- 22:30 – 00:43 next day Virgo
- 00:43 – 03:00 next day Libra
- 03:00 – 05:17 next day Scorpio
- 05:17 – 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