Patna panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 05:59 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:03 to 18:28- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:44 – 08:24
- Yamaganda 10:05 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:26 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:47
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:28 to 05:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:47
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 – 04:21
- 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 18:28 – 20:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:03 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 05:03 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 05:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:03 – 06:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:44 – 08:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:24 – 10:05 | Good |
| Rog | 10:05 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Char | 13:26 – 15:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:07 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:28 | Good |
| Char | 18:28 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:26 – 23:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:45 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:05 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:24 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:44 – 05:03 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
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:39 – 04:56 Aries
- 04:56 – 06:53 Taurus
- 06:53 – 09:07 Gemini
- 09:07 – 11:25 Cancer
- 11:25 – 13:39 Leo
- 13:39 – 15:52 Virgo
- 15:52 – 18:09 Libra
- 18:09 – 20:26 Scorpio
- 20:26 – 22:31 Sagittarius
- 22:31 – 00:16 next day Capricorn
- 00:16 – 01:46 next day Aquarius
- 01:46 – 03:14 next day Pisces
- 03:14 – 04:52 next day Aries
- 04:52 – 05:03 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