Patna panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 16:13 Margashirsha month
Patna, Bihar, India · 25.59°, 85.14° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:52 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 13:07
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:03 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:47
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:07
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. 04:45 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 07:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:33 – 07:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:56 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:33 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:52 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Char | 14:26 – 15:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:44 – 17:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:03 – 18:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:44 – 20:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:26 – 22:07 | Good |
| Char | 22:07 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:52 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:05 Scorpio
- 06:05 – 08:10 Sagittarius
- 08:10 – 09:54 Capricorn
- 09:54 – 11:25 Aquarius
- 11:25 – 12:53 Pisces
- 12:53 – 14:31 Aries
- 14:31 – 16:28 Taurus
- 16:28 – 18:42 Gemini
- 18:42 – 21:00 Cancer
- 21:00 – 23:14 Leo
- 23:14 – 01:27 next day Virgo
- 01:27 – 03:44 next day Libra
- 03:44 – 06:01 next day Scorpio
- 06:01 – 06:33 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