Patna panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 10:38 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 18:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:52
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:19
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam 15:07 – 16:44
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:21 to 05:25 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:51
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 03:23 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:51, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:44
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 18:21 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:24 – 05:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:24 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:02 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Char | 08:39 – 10:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:16 – 11:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:53 – 13:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:30 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:07 – 16:44 | Good |
| Rog | 16:44 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:21 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:44 – 21:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:07 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:30 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:16 – 02:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:39 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:02 – 05:25 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
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:23 Cancer
- 05:23 – 07:38 Leo
- 07:38 – 09:51 Virgo
- 09:51 – 12:07 Libra
- 12:07 – 14:25 Scorpio
- 14:25 – 16:29 Sagittarius
- 16:29 – 18:14 Capricorn
- 18:14 – 19:44 Aquarius
- 19:44 – 21:12 Pisces
- 21:12 – 22:50 Aries
- 22:50 – 00:48 next day Taurus
- 00:48 – 03:01 next day Gemini
- 03:01 – 05:19 next day Cancer
- 05:19 – 05:25 next day Leo
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