Patna panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 14:15 Margashirsha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:51 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:28 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:50
- Gulika Kalam 13:06 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:56
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:02 to 06:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:32 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:00, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:56
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. 04:44 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:44
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:32 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:51 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:28 | Good |
| Rog | 10:28 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:47 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Char | 13:06 – 14:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:25 – 15:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:43 – 17:02 | Good |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:43 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:25 – 22:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:06 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:51 – 06:32 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:47 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:13 Scorpio
- 06:13 – 08:18 Sagittarius
- 08:18 – 10:02 Capricorn
- 10:02 – 11:33 Aquarius
- 11:33 – 13:01 Pisces
- 13:01 – 14:39 Aries
- 14:39 – 16:36 Taurus
- 16:36 – 18:50 Gemini
- 18:50 – 21:08 Cancer
- 21:08 – 23:22 Leo
- 23:22 – 01:35 next day Virgo
- 01:35 – 03:52 next day Libra
- 03:52 – 06:09 next day Scorpio
- 06:09 – 06:32 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