Patna panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 08:16 Vaishakha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 18:14- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 10:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:48 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam 15:01 – 16:37
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:14 to 05:21 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:31
- Karana Bava until 14:45, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:24
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:31 – 14:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:37
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. 03:53 – 04:37
- 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 18:14 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:58 – 05:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:22 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:58 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Char | 08:35 – 10:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:11 – 11:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:48 – 13:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:24 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:01 – 16:37 | Good |
| Rog | 16:37 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:14 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:37 – 21:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:01 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:24 – 23:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:47 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:11 – 02:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:34 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:58 – 05:21 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
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:39 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 05:04 Pisces
- 05:04 – 06:42 Aries
- 06:42 – 08:39 Taurus
- 08:39 – 10:53 Gemini
- 10:53 – 13:11 Cancer
- 13:11 – 15:25 Leo
- 15:25 – 17:39 Virgo
- 17:39 – 19:55 Libra
- 19:55 – 22:12 Scorpio
- 22:12 – 00:17 next day Sagittarius
- 00:17 – 02:02 next day Capricorn
- 02:02 – 03:32 next day Aquarius
- 03:32 – 05:00 next day Pisces
- 05:00 – 05:21 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