Ranchi panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 20:06 Margashirsha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:24 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:45 – 13:05
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:05 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 19:33
- Karana Vishti until 10:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:24 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:33 – 18:33 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. 04:38 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:05 – 19:45
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:45 – 17:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:45 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 22:05 | Good |
| Char | 22:05 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:17 Scorpio
- 06:17 – 08:22 Sagittarius
- 08:22 – 10:09 Capricorn
- 10:09 – 11:42 Aquarius
- 11:42 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 14:52 Aries
- 14:52 – 16:50 Taurus
- 16:50 – 19:03 Gemini
- 19:03 – 21:20 Cancer
- 21:20 – 23:32 Leo
- 23:32 – 01:43 next day Virgo
- 01:43 – 03:57 next day Libra
- 03:57 – 06:13 next day Scorpio
- 06:13 – 06:25 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