Patna panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 05:31 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:38 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:38 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam 09:18 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:40
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:20 to 06:38 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:04 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:18
- Karana Vishti until 11:16, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:38 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:40
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) 11:38 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:38 – 00:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:38 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:18 | Good |
| Rog | 09:18 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:40 – 16:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:00 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:20 – 19:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:00 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:40 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:18 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:58 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:31 Sagittarius
- 06:31 – 08:15 Capricorn
- 08:15 – 09:46 Aquarius
- 09:46 – 11:14 Pisces
- 11:14 – 12:52 Aries
- 12:52 – 14:49 Taurus
- 14:49 – 17:03 Gemini
- 17:03 – 19:21 Cancer
- 19:21 – 21:35 Leo
- 21:35 – 23:48 Virgo
- 23:48 – 02:05 next day Libra
- 02:05 – 04:22 next day Scorpio
- 04:22 – 06:27 next day Sagittarius
- 06:27 – 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