Patna panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 08:45 Shravana month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 18:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 11:53 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta 16:39 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam 16:45 – 18:23
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:23 to 05:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:39 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:45 – 18:23
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 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. 03:56 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:35
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:24 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:24 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:24 – 07:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:01 – 08:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:38 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:53 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:31 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:45 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:23 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:45 – 21:08 | Good |
| Char | 21:08 – 22:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:31 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:16 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:39 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:01 – 05:24 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
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:31 Cancer
- 05:31 – 07:45 Leo
- 07:45 – 09:59 Virgo
- 09:59 – 12:15 Libra
- 12:15 – 14:32 Scorpio
- 14:32 – 16:37 Sagittarius
- 16:37 – 18:22 Capricorn
- 18:22 – 19:52 Aquarius
- 19:52 – 21:20 Pisces
- 21:20 – 22:58 Aries
- 22:58 – 00:55 next day Taurus
- 00:55 – 03:09 next day Gemini
- 03:09 – 05:24 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