Patna panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 09:04 Ashadha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:10 to 18:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:10 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 05:10 – 06:04
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:18
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:40 to 05:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:43 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 20:45
- Karana Bava until 16:07, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:10 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:10 – 06:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:18
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:45 – 08:04 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:00 – 05:10 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. 03:46 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:00 – 05:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:10 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:51 – 08:32 | Good |
| Rog | 08:32 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:14 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 16:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:59 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:40 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:59 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:33 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:10 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
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 05:07 Gemini
- 05:07 – 07:25 Cancer
- 07:25 – 09:39 Leo
- 09:39 – 11:53 Virgo
- 11:53 – 14:09 Libra
- 14:09 – 16:26 Scorpio
- 16:26 – 18:31 Sagittarius
- 18:31 – 20:16 Capricorn
- 20:16 – 21:46 Aquarius
- 21:46 – 23:14 Pisces
- 23:14 – 00:52 next day Aries
- 00:52 – 02:49 next day Taurus
- 02:49 – 05:03 next day Gemini
- 05:03 – 05:10 next day Cancer
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