Patna panchang, 5 April 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 21:14 Chaitra month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta 16:26 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam 16:33 – 18:06
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:28 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
18:06 to 05:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 12:00
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:08 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 14:43
- Karana Vishti until 12:00, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:28 Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:26 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:33 – 18:06
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:38 – 00:08 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:08 – 05:36 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. 04:05 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:38 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:11 – 08:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:45 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:25 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:33 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:06 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:33 – 20:59 | Good |
| Char | 20:59 – 22:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:25 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:51 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:44 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:10 – 05:36 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
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 04:39 Aquarius
- 04:39 – 06:07 Pisces
- 06:07 – 07:45 Aries
- 07:45 – 09:42 Taurus
- 09:42 – 11:56 Gemini
- 11:56 – 14:14 Cancer
- 14:14 – 16:28 Leo
- 16:28 – 18:41 Virgo
- 18:41 – 20:58 Libra
- 20:58 – 23:15 Scorpio
- 23:15 – 01:20 next day Sagittarius
- 01:20 – 03:05 next day Capricorn
- 03:05 – 04:35 next day Aquarius
- 04:35 – 05:36 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