Patna panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 07:16 Vaishakha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 18:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:59 – 08:36
- Yamaganda 10:12 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:24 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:39
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:13 to 05:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:28
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:11
- Karana Gara until 07:28, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:39
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. 03:54 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:23 – 02:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:23 – 02:08 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 02:08 – 05:22 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:08 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:23 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:59 – 08:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:36 – 10:12 | Good |
| Rog | 10:12 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:48 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Char | 13:24 – 15:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:01 – 16:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:37 – 18:13 | Good |
| Char | 18:13 – 19:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:37 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:00 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:24 – 23:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:48 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:11 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:35 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:22 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:08 Pisces
- 05:08 – 06:46 Aries
- 06:46 – 08:43 Taurus
- 08:43 – 10:57 Gemini
- 10:57 – 13:15 Cancer
- 13:15 – 15:29 Leo
- 15:29 – 17:42 Virgo
- 17:42 – 19:59 Libra
- 19:59 – 22:16 Scorpio
- 22:16 – 00:21 next day Sagittarius
- 00:21 – 02:06 next day Capricorn
- 02:06 – 03:36 next day Aquarius
- 03:36 – 05:04 next day Pisces
- 05:04 – 05:22 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