Ranchi panchang, 4 January 2025
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 09:52 Pausha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:32 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta 06:32 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam 09:13 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:34
- 10:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:51 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:15 to 06:32 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:01
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:23 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:08
- Karana Bava until 10:51, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:32 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:08 – 07:32 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:34
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:23 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:32 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:52 – 09:13 | Good |
| Rog | 09:13 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:33 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 14:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:34 – 15:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:54 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:34 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:13 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:52 – 06:32 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:11 Scorpio
- 05:11 – 07:16 Sagittarius
- 07:16 – 09:02 Capricorn
- 09:02 – 10:35 Aquarius
- 10:35 – 12:05 Pisces
- 12:05 – 13:45 Aries
- 13:45 – 15:43 Taurus
- 15:43 – 17:57 Gemini
- 17:57 – 20:13 Cancer
- 20:13 – 22:25 Leo
- 22:25 – 00:36 next day Virgo
- 00:36 – 02:51 next day Libra
- 02:51 – 05:07 next day Scorpio
- 05:07 – 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