Patna panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 01:01 Pausha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 17:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:58 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta 14:26 – 15:09
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:16 to 06:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:43
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:12
- Karana Gara until 12:43, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:26 – 15:09
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 20:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:20 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:11 – 04:29 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. 04:51 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:57
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:38 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:58 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:37 – 15:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:57 – 17:16 | Good |
| Char | 17:16 – 18:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:57 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:37 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:18 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:58 – 06:38 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:50 Sagittarius
- 06:50 – 08:35 Capricorn
- 08:35 – 10:05 Aquarius
- 10:05 – 11:33 Pisces
- 11:33 – 13:11 Aries
- 13:11 – 15:09 Taurus
- 15:09 – 17:22 Gemini
- 17:22 – 19:40 Cancer
- 19:40 – 21:55 Leo
- 21:55 – 00:08 next day Virgo
- 00:08 – 02:25 next day Libra
- 02:25 – 04:42 next day Scorpio
- 04:42 – 06:38 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