Patna panchang, 3 May 2026
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 20:02 Vaishakha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 18:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 15:03 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:35 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam 16:41 – 18:20
- 07:10 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 13:54 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:20 to 05:12 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 03:02 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:10 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 22:28
- Karana Taitila until 13:54, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:10 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 13:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:35 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:20
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:28 – 10:53 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:12 – 07:10
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:10 – 05:12 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. 03:45 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:12 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:51 – 08:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:29 – 10:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:08 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:24 – 15:03 | Good |
| Rog | 15:03 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:41 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:20 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:41 – 21:03 | Good |
| Char | 21:03 – 22:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:24 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:07 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:29 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:50 – 05:12 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
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:17 Pisces
- 04:17 – 05:55 Aries
- 05:55 – 07:52 Taurus
- 07:52 – 10:06 Gemini
- 10:06 – 12:24 Cancer
- 12:24 – 14:38 Leo
- 14:38 – 16:51 Virgo
- 16:51 – 19:08 Libra
- 19:08 – 21:25 Scorpio
- 21:25 – 23:30 Sagittarius
- 23:30 – 01:15 next day Capricorn
- 01:15 – 02:45 next day Aquarius
- 02:45 – 04:13 next day Pisces
- 04:13 – 05:12 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