Patna panchang, 21 March 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 07:03 Chaitra month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 17:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:53 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 05:53 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam 08:55 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 14:58
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:59 to 05:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:56
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:37 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 19:01
- Karana Taitila until 13:15, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:53 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:53 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:01 – 15:41 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. 04:18 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:56 – 05:52 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:37 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:53 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:24 – 08:55 | Good |
| Rog | 08:55 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 14:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:58 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:59 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:29 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:58 – 22:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 – 23:56 | Good |
| Char | 23:56 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:54 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:23 – 05:52 next day | Good |
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
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:38 Aquarius
- 05:38 – 07:06 Pisces
- 07:06 – 08:44 Aries
- 08:44 – 10:41 Taurus
- 10:41 – 12:55 Gemini
- 12:55 – 15:13 Cancer
- 15:13 – 17:27 Leo
- 17:27 – 19:40 Virgo
- 19:40 – 21:57 Libra
- 21:57 – 00:14 next day Scorpio
- 00:14 – 02:19 next day Sagittarius
- 02:19 – 04:04 next day Capricorn
- 04:04 – 05:34 next day Aquarius
- 05:34 – 05:52 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