Patna panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:04 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 04:10 Vaishakha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:04 to 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:04 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta 05:04 – 05:58
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:51
- Rahu Kalam 08:25 – 10:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 13:26 – 15:06
- 05:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:27 to 05:04 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:39 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 05:11
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Shakuni until 05:11, then Chatushpada
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:04 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:04 – 05:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 15:06
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. 03:39 – 04:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:04 – 05:11
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:04 – 06:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:45 – 08:25 | Good |
| Rog | 08:25 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:05 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Char | 11:45 – 13:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:26 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:46 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:46 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:26 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:25 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:44 – 05:04 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
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 05:04 Aries
- 05:04 – 07:01 Taurus
- 07:01 – 09:15 Gemini
- 09:15 – 11:33 Cancer
- 11:33 – 13:47 Leo
- 13:47 – 16:00 Virgo
- 16:00 – 18:17 Libra
- 18:17 – 20:34 Scorpio
- 20:34 – 22:39 Sagittarius
- 22:39 – 00:23 next day Capricorn
- 00:23 – 01:54 next day Aquarius
- 01:54 – 03:22 next day Pisces
- 03:22 – 05:00 next day Aries
- 05:00 – 05:04 next day Taurus
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