Patna panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 05:03 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 08:14 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 18:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:43 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:05 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:46 – 13:26
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:29 to 05:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 03:38 – 04:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:07
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:10
- Karana Vishti until 11:07, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:26
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:10 – 16:34
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. 03:38 – 04:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:29 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:03 – 06:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:12 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:03 – 06:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:43 – 08:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:24 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:05 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:05 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:24 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:43 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
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 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:38 – 04:48 Aries
- 04:48 – 06:45 Taurus
- 06:45 – 08:59 Gemini
- 08:59 – 11:17 Cancer
- 11:17 – 13:31 Leo
- 13:31 – 15:45 Virgo
- 15:45 – 18:01 Libra
- 18:01 – 20:18 Scorpio
- 20:18 – 22:23 Sagittarius
- 22:23 – 00:08 next day Capricorn
- 00:08 – 01:38 next day Aquarius
- 01:38 – 03:06 next day Pisces
- 03:06 – 04:44 next day Aries
- 04:44 – 05:02 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