Patna panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 04:40 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 17:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:58 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam 10:39 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:39 – 15:59
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:20 to 06:38 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:06
- Karana Gara until 09:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 15:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 00:42 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) 11:37 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:38 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:18 – 10:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:39 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:39 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Char | 15:59 – 17:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:20 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:39 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:38 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:18 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:34 Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 08:19 Capricorn
- 08:19 – 09:50 Aquarius
- 09:50 – 11:18 Pisces
- 11:18 – 12:56 Aries
- 12:56 – 14:53 Taurus
- 14:53 – 17:07 Gemini
- 17:07 – 19:25 Cancer
- 19:25 – 21:39 Leo
- 21:39 – 23:52 Virgo
- 23:52 – 02:09 next day Libra
- 02:09 – 04:26 next day Scorpio
- 04:26 – 06:31 next day Sagittarius
- 06:31 – 06:38 next day Capricorn
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