Patna panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 04:57 Chaitra month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 18:12- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:01 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:13 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:36
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:12 to 05:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:21
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:50, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:37 – 07:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:21 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:36
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. 03:56 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:26
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:26 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:26 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:02 – 05:25 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:21 – 05:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:26 – 07:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:37 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:49 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Char | 16:36 – 18:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:12 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:36 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:24 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:48 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:12 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:37 – 04:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:01 – 05:25 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
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:20 Pisces
- 05:20 – 06:58 Aries
- 06:58 – 08:55 Taurus
- 08:55 – 11:09 Gemini
- 11:09 – 13:27 Cancer
- 13:27 – 15:41 Leo
- 15:41 – 17:54 Virgo
- 17:54 – 20:11 Libra
- 20:11 – 22:28 Scorpio
- 22:28 – 00:33 next day Sagittarius
- 00:33 – 02:17 next day Capricorn
- 02:17 – 03:48 next day Aquarius
- 03:48 – 05:16 next day Pisces
- 05:16 – 05:25 next day Aries
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