Patna panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 05:37 Vaishakha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 18:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:25 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 05:25 – 06:16
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 07:07
- Rahu Kalam 08:37 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 15:00
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:12 to 05:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:56
- Karana Bava until 14:11, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:25 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:25 – 06:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 07:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:00
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. 03:55 – 04:40
- 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 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:25 – 07:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:01 – 08:37 | Good |
| Rog | 08:37 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:13 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Char | 11:49 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:36 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:12 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:36 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:00 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:12 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:36 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:00 – 05:24 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
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:16 Pisces
- 05:16 – 06:54 Aries
- 06:54 – 08:51 Taurus
- 08:51 – 11:05 Gemini
- 11:05 – 13:23 Cancer
- 13:23 – 15:37 Leo
- 15:37 – 17:50 Virgo
- 17:50 – 20:07 Libra
- 20:07 – 22:24 Scorpio
- 22:24 – 00:29 next day Sagittarius
- 00:29 – 02:13 next day Capricorn
- 02:13 – 03:44 next day Aquarius
- 03:44 – 05:12 next day Pisces
- 05:12 – 05:24 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