Patna panchang, 23 April 2026
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 10:29 Vaishakha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 18:15- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:20 – 06:57
- Gulika Kalam 08:34 – 10:11
- Durmuhurta 09:38 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:40
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:15 to 05:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:49
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:57 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:07
- Karana Gara until 09:45, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:20 – 06:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:38 – 10:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:40
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:49 – 08:01 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:32 – 05:32 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. 03:51 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:20 – 20:57
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:20 – 20:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 20:57 – 05:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:57 – 05:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:20 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:57 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:34 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Char | 10:11 – 11:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:47 – 13:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:24 – 15:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:01 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:38 – 18:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:15 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:38 – 21:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:01 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:24 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:47 – 01:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:10 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:33 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:56 – 05:19 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
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:47 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:56 Pisces
- 04:56 – 06:34 Aries
- 06:34 – 08:31 Taurus
- 08:31 – 10:45 Gemini
- 10:45 – 13:03 Cancer
- 13:03 – 15:18 Leo
- 15:18 – 17:31 Virgo
- 17:31 – 19:47 Libra
- 19:47 – 22:05 Scorpio
- 22:05 – 00:09 next day Sagittarius
- 00:09 – 01:54 next day Capricorn
- 01:54 – 03:24 next day Aquarius
- 03:24 – 04:52 next day Pisces
- 04:52 – 05:19 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