Patna panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 16:59 Moonrise 09:00 Margashirsha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 16:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:27 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta 06:27 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta 07:09 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 13:02 – 14:21
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:59 to 06:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:59 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:12 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:17
- Karana Gara until 14:06, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:27 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:09 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:02 – 14:21
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:01 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:52 – 15:10
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. 04:39 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:59 – 19:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 06:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:06 – 06:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:27 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:46 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Char | 11:43 – 13:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:02 – 14:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:21 – 15:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:40 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:40 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:21 – 22:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:02 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:46 – 06:27 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
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:48 Scorpio
- 06:48 – 08:53 Sagittarius
- 08:53 – 10:38 Capricorn
- 10:38 – 12:08 Aquarius
- 12:08 – 13:36 Pisces
- 13:36 – 15:14 Aries
- 15:14 – 17:11 Taurus
- 17:11 – 19:25 Gemini
- 19:25 – 21:43 Cancer
- 21:43 – 23:58 Leo
- 23:58 – 02:11 next day Virgo
- 02:11 – 04:27 next day Libra
- 04:27 – 06:27 next day Scorpio
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