Patna panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 07:41 Magha 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 17:23- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 09:19 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam 14:41 – 16:02
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:23 to 06:37 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:43 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 13:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 20:01
- Karana Balava until 14:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:01 – 18:58 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:07 – 06:37 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 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:43 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:37 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:58 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Char | 09:19 – 10:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:39 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:21 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:41 – 16:02 | Good |
| Rog | 16:02 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:23 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:02 – 20:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:41 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:39 – 03:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:19 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:58 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:41 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:37 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:37 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:19 Sagittarius
- 06:19 – 08:03 Capricorn
- 08:03 – 09:34 Aquarius
- 09:34 – 11:02 Pisces
- 11:02 – 12:40 Aries
- 12:40 – 14:37 Taurus
- 14:37 – 16:51 Gemini
- 16:51 – 19:09 Cancer
- 19:09 – 21:23 Leo
- 21:23 – 23:36 Virgo
- 23:36 – 01:53 next day Libra
- 01:53 – 04:10 next day Scorpio
- 04:10 – 06:15 next day Sagittarius
- 06:15 – 06:37 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