Patna panchang, 28 January 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 12:39 Magha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:24
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:29 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 16:36
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:27 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 23:54
- Karana Gara until 16:36, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:24
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. 04:50 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 09:27
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:35 – 09:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:35 – 06:35 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:27 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:07 – 17:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:29 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:07 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:18 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:47 Sagittarius
- 05:47 – 07:32 Capricorn
- 07:32 – 09:02 Aquarius
- 09:02 – 10:31 Pisces
- 10:31 – 12:09 Aries
- 12:09 – 14:06 Taurus
- 14:06 – 16:20 Gemini
- 16:20 – 18:38 Cancer
- 18:38 – 20:52 Leo
- 20:52 – 23:05 Virgo
- 23:05 – 01:22 next day Libra
- 01:22 – 03:39 next day Scorpio
- 03:39 – 05:43 next day Sagittarius
- 05:43 – 06:35 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