Patna panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 23:56 Chaitra month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 18:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:09 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:51 – 13:25
- 05:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:08 to 05:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:02
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 17:10
- Karana Gara until 05:48, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 05:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:25
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:10 – 05:34 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. 04:03 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 05:33 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:02 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:34 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:43 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 18:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:08 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:33 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:25 | Good |
| Char | 22:25 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:08 – 05:33 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
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 04:27 Aquarius
- 04:27 – 05:55 Pisces
- 05:55 – 07:33 Aries
- 07:33 – 09:30 Taurus
- 09:30 – 11:44 Gemini
- 11:44 – 14:02 Cancer
- 14:02 – 16:17 Leo
- 16:17 – 18:30 Virgo
- 18:30 – 20:46 Libra
- 20:46 – 23:03 Scorpio
- 23:03 – 01:08 next day Sagittarius
- 01:08 – 02:53 next day Capricorn
- 02:53 – 04:23 next day Aquarius
- 04:23 – 05:33 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