Patna panchang, 20 September 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 13:49 Bhadrapada month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 17:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 16:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:16 – 17:47
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:47 to 05:38 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 17:52
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 04:34 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:22
- Karana Kaulava until 17:52, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 16:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:47
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. 04:03 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:38 – 05:38 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:34 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:38 – 07:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:09 – 08:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:40 – 10:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:11 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:16 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:47 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:16 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:14 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:11 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:40 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:09 – 05:38 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
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:28 Leo
- 05:28 – 07:41 Virgo
- 07:41 – 09:58 Libra
- 09:58 – 12:15 Scorpio
- 12:15 – 14:19 Sagittarius
- 14:19 – 16:04 Capricorn
- 16:04 – 17:35 Aquarius
- 17:35 – 19:03 Pisces
- 19:03 – 20:41 Aries
- 20:41 – 22:38 Taurus
- 22:38 – 00:52 next day Gemini
- 00:52 – 03:10 next day Cancer
- 03:10 – 05:24 next day Leo
- 05:24 – 05:38 next day Virgo
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