Patna panchang, 21 October 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 14:16 Ashwin month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 17:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam 10:08 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:11 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 11:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 12:59
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:15 to 05:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:12
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 00:33 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:11 – 11:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 12:59
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:36 – 14:48 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:52 – 19:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:08 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 19:03 – 21:12
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. 04:11 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 11:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:52 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:52 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:43 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:08 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:59 – 14:24 | Bad |
| Char | 14:24 – 15:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:50 – 17:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 21:59 | Good |
| Char | 21:59 – 23:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:34 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:08 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:43 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:18 – 05:52 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:39 Virgo
- 05:39 – 07:56 Libra
- 07:56 – 10:13 Scorpio
- 10:13 – 12:18 Sagittarius
- 12:18 – 14:02 Capricorn
- 14:02 – 15:33 Aquarius
- 15:33 – 17:01 Pisces
- 17:01 – 18:39 Aries
- 18:39 – 20:36 Taurus
- 20:36 – 22:50 Gemini
- 22:50 – 01:08 next day Cancer
- 01:08 – 03:22 next day Leo
- 03:22 – 05:35 next day Virgo
- 05:35 – 05:52 next day Libra
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