Patna panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 04:10 Phalguna month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 17:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:28 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 10:28 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:33
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:57 to 05:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 09:41
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:22 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 09:36
- Karana Taitila until 09:41, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:33
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. 04:22 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:28 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:58 – 10:28 | Good |
| Rog | 10:28 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:27 – 17:57 | Good |
| Char | 17:57 – 19:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:27 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:27 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:27 – 05:57 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
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:27 Capricorn
- 04:27 – 05:58 Aquarius
- 05:58 – 07:26 Pisces
- 07:26 – 09:04 Aries
- 09:04 – 11:01 Taurus
- 11:01 – 13:15 Gemini
- 13:15 – 15:33 Cancer
- 15:33 – 17:47 Leo
- 17:47 – 20:00 Virgo
- 20:00 – 22:17 Libra
- 22:17 – 00:34 next day Scorpio
- 00:34 – 02:39 next day Sagittarius
- 02:39 – 04:23 next day Capricorn
- 04:23 – 05:54 next day Aquarius
- 05:54 – 05:57 next day Pisces
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