Patna panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 12:16 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 17:01- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:49 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:27 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 14:23 – 15:42
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:01 to 06:31 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:23 – 15:42
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 06:31 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. 04:42 – 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 17:01 – 19:43
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 06:31 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:30 – 07:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:49 – 09:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:08 – 10:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:27 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:23 – 15:42 | Bad |
| Char | 15:42 – 17:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:01 – 18:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:42 – 20:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:23 – 22:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:04 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:27 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:08 – 04:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:49 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:25 Scorpio
- 06:25 – 08:29 Sagittarius
- 08:29 – 10:14 Capricorn
- 10:14 – 11:45 Aquarius
- 11:45 – 13:13 Pisces
- 13:13 – 14:51 Aries
- 14:51 – 16:48 Taurus
- 16:48 – 19:02 Gemini
- 19:02 – 21:20 Cancer
- 21:20 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 01:47 next day Virgo
- 01:47 – 04:04 next day Libra
- 04:04 – 06:21 next day Scorpio
- 06:21 – 06:31 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