Patna panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 11:45 Margashirsha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:00- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:30 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam 09:07 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta 10:00 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:23
- Durmuhurta 14:12 – 14:54
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:00 to 06:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:26
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 13:21
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:26
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:00 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:12 – 14:54
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. 04:42 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:00 – 19:42
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:30 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:48 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:07 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Char | 10:26 – 11:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:45 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:23 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:41 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:42 – 20:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:23 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:04 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:08 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:49 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:29 Scorpio
- 06:29 – 08:33 Sagittarius
- 08:33 – 10:18 Capricorn
- 10:18 – 11:49 Aquarius
- 11:49 – 13:17 Pisces
- 13:17 – 14:55 Aries
- 14:55 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:06 Gemini
- 19:06 – 21:24 Cancer
- 21:24 – 23:38 Leo
- 23:38 – 01:51 next day Virgo
- 01:51 – 04:08 next day Libra
- 04:08 – 06:25 next day Scorpio
- 06:25 – 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