Patna panchang, 16 February 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 05:38 Magha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:42- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:49 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 10:38 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:26
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:42 to 06:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 17:34
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 01:50 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 17:34, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:26
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:50 – 13:09 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. 04:43 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 20:48
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:24 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:24 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:49 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:14 – 10:38 | Good |
| Rog | 10:38 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:17 – 17:42 | Good |
| Char | 17:42 – 19:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:17 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:28 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:38 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:13 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:48 – 06:24 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:17 Capricorn
- 06:17 – 07:48 Aquarius
- 07:48 – 09:16 Pisces
- 09:16 – 10:54 Aries
- 10:54 – 12:51 Taurus
- 12:51 – 15:05 Gemini
- 15:05 – 17:23 Cancer
- 17:23 – 19:37 Leo
- 19:37 – 21:50 Virgo
- 21:50 – 00:07 next day Libra
- 00:07 – 02:24 next day Scorpio
- 02:24 – 04:29 next day Sagittarius
- 04:29 – 06:13 next day Capricorn
- 06:13 – 06:24 next day Aquarius
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