Patna panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 12:31 Shravana month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 18:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:25 – 07:02
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:43 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam 13:29 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:44
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:19 to 05:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 04:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:16, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:25 – 07:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:43 – 10:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:25 – 05:18 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. 03:57 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:08 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:25 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:02 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:39 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:29 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:42 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:43 – 21:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:29 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:16 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:39 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:02 – 05:26 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
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:39 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:15 Cancer
- 05:15 – 07:30 Leo
- 07:30 – 09:43 Virgo
- 09:43 – 12:00 Libra
- 12:00 – 14:17 Scorpio
- 14:17 – 16:21 Sagittarius
- 16:21 – 18:06 Capricorn
- 18:06 – 19:36 Aquarius
- 19:36 – 21:05 Pisces
- 21:05 – 22:43 Aries
- 22:43 – 00:40 next day Taurus
- 00:40 – 02:54 next day Gemini
- 02:54 – 05:12 next day Cancer
- 05:12 – 05:26 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