Patna panchang, 3 April 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 19:23 Chaitra month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:05- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:13 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam 10:19 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:07
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:32
- 06:28 Moon enters Libra
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:08 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:05 to 05:39 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:23 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 08:42
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:25 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 14:08
- Karana Kaulava until 08:42, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:28 Moon enters Libra
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:08 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:23 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:32
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. 04:07 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:40 – 08:42
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:40 – 07:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:13 – 08:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:46 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:26 | Good |
| Rog | 13:26 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:05 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:32 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:25 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:19 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:45 – 04:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:12 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:47 Aquarius
- 04:47 – 06:15 Pisces
- 06:15 – 07:53 Aries
- 07:53 – 09:50 Taurus
- 09:50 – 12:04 Gemini
- 12:04 – 14:22 Cancer
- 14:22 – 16:36 Leo
- 16:36 – 18:49 Virgo
- 18:49 – 21:06 Libra
- 21:06 – 23:23 Scorpio
- 23:23 – 01:28 next day Sagittarius
- 01:28 – 03:12 next day Capricorn
- 03:12 – 04:43 next day Aquarius
- 04:43 – 05:39 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