Patna panchang, 5 August 2026
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 22:33 Ashadha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 18:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:58 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:34
- 09:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:29 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:31 to 05:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 20:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 20:42
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:18 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 17:29
- Karana Vishti until 09:27, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:29 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 20:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:34
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:29 – 19:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:18 – 21:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:24 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:24 – 14:23
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:18 – 05:19 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. 03:52 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:18 – 21:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:18 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:18 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:58 – 08:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:37 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:52 – 18:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:31 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:52 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:37 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:58 – 05:19 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
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 03:57 Gemini
- 03:57 – 06:14 Cancer
- 06:14 – 08:29 Leo
- 08:29 – 10:42 Virgo
- 10:42 – 12:59 Libra
- 12:59 – 15:16 Scorpio
- 15:16 – 17:20 Sagittarius
- 17:20 – 19:05 Capricorn
- 19:05 – 20:35 Aquarius
- 20:35 – 22:04 Pisces
- 22:04 – 23:42 Aries
- 23:42 – 01:39 next day Taurus
- 01:39 – 03:53 next day Gemini
- 03:53 – 05:19 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