Patna panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 05:19 Phalguna month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 17:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:27 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:27
- 06:09 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:58 to 05:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:25
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:09 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:22
- Karana Shakuni until 08:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:09 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:27
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 04:36 – 05:55 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. 04:21 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:27 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 17:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:27 | Good |
| Char | 22:27 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 05:55 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
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:50 Aquarius
- 05:50 – 07:18 Pisces
- 07:18 – 08:56 Aries
- 08:56 – 10:53 Taurus
- 10:53 – 13:07 Gemini
- 13:07 – 15:25 Cancer
- 15:25 – 17:39 Leo
- 17:39 – 19:52 Virgo
- 19:52 – 22:09 Libra
- 22:09 – 00:26 next day Scorpio
- 00:26 – 02:31 next day Sagittarius
- 02:31 – 04:15 next day Capricorn
- 04:15 – 05:46 next day Aquarius
- 05:46 – 05:55 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