Patna panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 06:49 Phalguna month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:28
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:43 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:58
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:16 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 22:45
- Karana Bava until 16:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:28
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. 04:41 – 05:32
- 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 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:58 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:43 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:28 | Good |
| Char | 22:28 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 06:22 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
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:09 Capricorn
- 06:09 – 07:40 Aquarius
- 07:40 – 09:08 Pisces
- 09:08 – 10:46 Aries
- 10:46 – 12:43 Taurus
- 12:43 – 14:57 Gemini
- 14:57 – 17:15 Cancer
- 17:15 – 19:29 Leo
- 19:29 – 21:42 Virgo
- 21:42 – 23:59 Libra
- 23:59 – 02:16 next day Scorpio
- 02:16 – 04:21 next day Sagittarius
- 04:21 – 06:05 next day Capricorn
- 06:05 – 06:22 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