Patna panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 20:57 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:50 – 08:29
- Yamaganda 10:07 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:43
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:20 to 05:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 05:24 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 09:58 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 23:19
- Karana Vanija until 16:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:43
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 – 04:28
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:12 – 09:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:12 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:50 – 08:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:29 – 10:07 | Good |
| Rog | 10:07 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 15:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:03 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:20 | Good |
| Char | 18:20 – 19:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:42 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:03 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:24 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:07 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:50 – 05:11 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
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:13 Pisces
- 04:13 – 05:51 Aries
- 05:51 – 07:48 Taurus
- 07:48 – 10:02 Gemini
- 10:02 – 12:20 Cancer
- 12:20 – 14:34 Leo
- 14:34 – 16:47 Virgo
- 16:47 – 19:04 Libra
- 19:04 – 21:21 Scorpio
- 21:21 – 23:26 Sagittarius
- 23:26 – 01:11 next day Capricorn
- 01:11 – 02:41 next day Aquarius
- 02:41 – 04:09 next day Pisces
- 04:09 – 05:11 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