Patna panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 13:27 Shravana month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 18:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:02 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:52
- Rahu Kalam 10:15 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:09
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:42
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:18 to 05:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:36
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:18 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:18 – 06:30 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:53 – 05:26 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 18:18 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:53 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:26 – 07:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:02 – 08:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:39 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:29 | Good |
| Rog | 13:29 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Char | 16:42 – 18:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:18 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:42 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:29 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:16 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:39 – 04:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:03 – 05:26 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
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:12 Cancer
- 05:12 – 07:26 Leo
- 07:26 – 09:39 Virgo
- 09:39 – 11:56 Libra
- 11:56 – 14:13 Scorpio
- 14:13 – 16:17 Sagittarius
- 16:17 – 18:02 Capricorn
- 18:02 – 19:33 Aquarius
- 19:33 – 21:01 Pisces
- 21:01 – 22:39 Aries
- 22:39 – 00:36 next day Taurus
- 00:36 – 02:50 next day Gemini
- 02:50 – 05:08 next day Cancer
- 05:08 – 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