Patna panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 11:14 Margashirsha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:23 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:03
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:00 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:46
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:23 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:03
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12 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. 04:41 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:00 – 19:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:29 – 22:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:03 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Char | 14:22 – 15:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:41 – 17:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:00 – 18:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:41 – 20:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:22 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:30 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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:33 Scorpio
- 06:33 – 08:37 Sagittarius
- 08:37 – 10:22 Capricorn
- 10:22 – 11:53 Aquarius
- 11:53 – 13:21 Pisces
- 13:21 – 14:59 Aries
- 14:59 – 16:56 Taurus
- 16:56 – 19:10 Gemini
- 19:10 – 21:28 Cancer
- 21:28 – 23:42 Leo
- 23:42 – 01:55 next day Virgo
- 01:55 – 04:12 next day Libra
- 04:12 – 06:29 next day Scorpio
- 06:29 – 06:30 next day Sagittarius
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