Patna · Bihar
Patna Panchang October 2026
Sunrise, sunset and the five sunrise-derived windows for all 31 days, computed for 25.5941°N 85.1376°E.
In October 2026 the sun rises in Patna as early as 05:41 on Thursday 1 October and Friday 2 October and as late as 05:56 on Friday 30 October and Saturday 31 October — a spread of 15 minutes across the month. Sunset moves from 17:36 on Thursday 1 October to 17:09 on Friday 30 October. The longest daylight is 11h 55m on Thursday 1 October and the shortest 11h 13m on Friday 30 October and Saturday 31 October.
That matters more than it sounds, because Rahu Kaal, Gulika and Yamaghanta are each one eighth of the interval from sunrise to sunset rather than fixed clock spans — so in Patna in October 2026 an eighth runs from 84 minutes to 89 minutes, and a table quoting a flat ninety minutes is wrong here by up to 6 minutes. Rahu Kaal on 1 October, a Thursday, is 13:08-14:37 — the 6th of those eight parts, which is the one a Thursday always takes.
Because the weekday chooses the part, Rahu Kaal’s position on the clock swings much further than sunrise does. Across October 2026 in Patna it begins as early as 07:12 on 5 October, a Monday, and as late as 16:04 on 4 October, a Sunday — 8h 53m apart, against a sunrise spread of only 15 minutes. There is no single “Rahu Kaal time” to memorise, here or anywhere.
Patna sits 7.93° east of New Delhi, which on longitude alone would put its sunrise 32 minutes earlier. Measured against the national table it actually runs from 36 minutes earlier to 32 minutes earlier across October 2026. It is a range rather than a constant because latitude bends the figure with the season while longitude only shifts it, and here that bend is worth 4 minutes across the month. On the worst day in the table below the national panchang’s Rahu Kaal begins 34 minutes from Patna’s. A national table would get Patna’s tithi right and every one of its times wrong.
Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana are the same everywhere in India and are read at sunrise from the same DE421 table the rest of the site uses — listed here for completeness, not because they differ by city: across these 31 sunrises the nakshatra takes 27 of its 27 values and the tithi 28 of its 30. In October 2026 Purnima falls on 26 October; Amavasya on 10 October; the two Ekadashis on 6 October and 22 October.
October 2026 day by day in Patna
All times IST. Abhijit is given for every day, including this month’s 4 Wednesdays — 7 October, 14 October, 21 October, 28 October — because the rule that sets it aside on a Wednesday is followed in some traditions and not others. The window is arithmetic; whether to use it that day is not.
| Date | Tithi | Nakshatra | Sunrise | Sunset | Rahu Kaal | Gulika | Abhijit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Thu | Krishna Panchami | Rohini | 05:41 | 17:36 | 13:08-14:37 | 08:40-10:09 | 11:15-12:02 |
| 2nd Fri | Krishna Shashthi | Mrigashira | 05:41 | 17:35 | 10:09-11:38 | 07:10-08:40 | 11:14-12:02 |
| 3rd Sat | Krishna Saptami | Ardra | 05:42 | 17:34 | 08:40-10:09 | 05:42-07:11 | 11:14-12:02 |
| 4th Sun | Krishna Navami | Punarvasu | 05:42 | 17:33 | 16:04-17:33 | 14:35-16:04 | 11:14-12:01 |
| 5th Mon | Krishna Dashami | Pushya | 05:43 | 17:32 | 07:12-08:40 | 13:06-14:35 | 11:14-12:01 |
| 6th Tue | Krishna Ekadashi | Ashlesha | 05:43 | 17:31 | 14:34-16:03 | 11:37-13:06 | 11:13-12:01 |
| 7th Wed | Krishna Dwadashi | Magha | 05:44 | 17:30 | 11:37-13:05 | 10:09-11:37 | 11:13-12:01 |
| 8th Thu | Krishna Trayodashi | Purva Phalguni | 05:44 | 17:29 | 13:05-14:33 | 08:40-10:08 | 11:13-12:00 |
| 9th Fri | Krishna Chaturdashi | Uttara Phalguni | 05:45 | 17:28 | 10:09-11:37 | 07:13-08:41 | 11:13-12:00 |
| 10th Sat | Amavasya | Hasta | 05:45 | 17:27 | 08:41-10:08 | 05:45-07:13 | 11:13-11:59 |
| 11th Sun | Shukla Pratipada | Chitra | 05:45 | 17:26 | 15:58-17:26 | 14:31-15:58 | 11:12-11:59 |
| 12th Mon | Shukla Dwitiya | Swati | 05:46 | 17:25 | 07:13-08:41 | 13:03-14:30 | 11:12-11:59 |
| 13th Tue | Shukla Tritiya | Vishakha | 05:46 | 17:24 | 14:30-15:57 | 11:35-13:02 | 11:12-11:58 |
| 14th Wed | Shukla Chaturthi | Anuradha | 05:47 | 17:23 | 11:35-13:02 | 10:08-11:35 | 11:12-11:58 |
| 15th Thu | Shukla Panchami | Jyeshtha | 05:47 | 17:22 | 13:01-14:28 | 08:41-10:08 | 11:11-11:58 |
| 16th Fri | Shukla Shashthi | Jyeshtha | 05:48 | 17:21 | 10:08-11:35 | 07:15-08:41 | 11:11-11:58 |
| 17th Sat | Shukla Saptami | Moola | 05:48 | 17:20 | 08:41-10:08 | 05:48-07:15 | 11:11-11:57 |
| 18th Sun | Shukla Saptami | Purva Ashadha | 05:49 | 17:19 | 15:53-17:19 | 14:27-15:53 | 11:11-11:57 |
| 19th Mon | Shukla Ashtami | Uttara Ashadha | 05:49 | 17:18 | 07:15-08:41 | 13:00-14:26 | 11:11-11:56 |
| 20th Tue | Shukla Navami | Shravana | 05:50 | 17:17 | 14:25-15:51 | 11:34-12:59 | 11:11-11:56 |
| 21st Wed | Shukla Dashami | Dhanishta | 05:50 | 17:16 | 11:33-12:59 | 10:07-11:33 | 11:10-11:56 |
| 22nd Thu | Shukla Ekadashi | Shatabhisha | 05:51 | 17:15 | 12:59-14:24 | 08:42-10:08 | 11:10-11:56 |
| 23rd Fri | Shukla Dwadashi | Purva Bhadrapada | 05:52 | 17:15 | 10:08-11:34 | 07:17-08:43 | 11:11-11:56 |
| 24th Sat | Shukla Trayodashi | Uttara Bhadrapada | 05:52 | 17:14 | 08:43-10:08 | 05:52-07:17 | 11:10-11:56 |
| 25th Sun | Shukla Chaturdashi | Revati | 05:53 | 17:13 | 15:48-17:13 | 14:23-15:48 | 11:10-11:56 |
| 26th Mon | Purnima | Ashwini | 05:53 | 17:12 | 07:18-08:43 | 12:57-14:22 | 11:10-11:55 |
| 27th Tue | Krishna Pratipada | Bharani | 05:54 | 17:11 | 14:22-15:46 | 11:33-12:57 | 11:10-11:55 |
| 28th Wed | Krishna Tritiya | Krittika | 05:54 | 17:11 | 11:33-12:57 | 10:08-11:33 | 11:10-11:55 |
| 29th Thu | Krishna Chaturthi | Rohini | 05:55 | 17:10 | 12:57-14:21 | 08:44-10:08 | 11:10-11:55 |
| 30th Fri | Krishna Panchami | Mrigashira | 05:56 | 17:09 | 10:08-11:33 | 07:20-08:44 | 11:10-11:55 |
| 31st Sat | Krishna Shashthi | Ardra | 05:56 | 17:09 | 08:44-10:08 | 05:56-07:20 | 11:10-11:55 |
How to read these windows
- Rahu Kaal is one of the eight equal parts of the daylight interval, chosen by weekday, and nothing new is begun inside it. In Patna in October 2026 it lasts 84 minutes to 89 minutes, which over 31 days comes to 44h 47m of this city’s daylight.
- Gulika and Yamaghanta are two other eighths of the same interval, also fixed by weekday: on a Thursday they fall in its 3rd and 1st parts. Gulika is listed in the table above; Yamaghanta on 1 October is 05:41-07:10.
- Abhijit muhurat is the eighth of fifteen equal parts of daylight, the one straddling local solar noon — so it too shifts with Patna’s longitude, and being a fifteenth rather than an eighth it runs 45 minutes to 48 minutes here in October 2026 — a little over half the length of Rahu Kaal on the same day. Some traditions set it aside on a Wednesday, of which this month has four; the table above computes it on all of them and leaves the observance to you.
- Brahma muhurat is the ninety-six minutes ending at sunrise, so unlike the eighths it is the same length all year and moves only as sunrise does. On Thursday 1 October in Patna that is 04:05-05:41, the month’s earliest, and unchanged on Thursday 1 October and Friday 2 October.
- The five limbs — tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and the weekday — are read at sunrise, which is why a local sunrise matters even for quantities that do not themselves vary by place.
October 2026 in other cities
A muhurat needs your chart, not only your city
These windows are correct for Patna to the minute. Which of October 2026’s suits a particular purpose in Patna depends on your birth chart, and that is a conversation.
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