Patna panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 08:16 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:21
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:23 to 06:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 14:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:21
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:37 – 13:58
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:58 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:37 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Char | 14:42 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:23 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:19 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:15 Sagittarius
- 06:15 – 07:59 Capricorn
- 07:59 – 09:30 Aquarius
- 09:30 – 10:58 Pisces
- 10:58 – 12:36 Aries
- 12:36 – 14:33 Taurus
- 14:33 – 16:47 Gemini
- 16:47 – 19:05 Cancer
- 19:05 – 21:19 Leo
- 21:19 – 23:32 Virgo
- 23:32 – 01:49 next day Libra
- 01:49 – 04:06 next day Scorpio
- 04:06 – 06:11 next day Sagittarius
- 06:11 – 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