Ranchi panchang, 17 February 2025
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 21:53 Magha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:46 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:27
- 08:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:34 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:44 to 06:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:02 Moon enters Libra
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 04:53 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 07:35 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shula until 08:54
- Karana Kaulava until 15:34, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:02 Moon enters Libra
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:11
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:54 – 11:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:27
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:20 – 06:20 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 18:58 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:49 – 20:06
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. 04:40 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:20 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:46 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:11 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:19 – 17:44 | Good |
| Char | 17:44 – 19:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:19 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:53 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:28 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:36 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:11 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:45 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:09 Capricorn
- 06:09 – 07:42 Aquarius
- 07:42 – 09:12 Pisces
- 09:12 – 10:52 Aries
- 10:52 – 12:50 Taurus
- 12:50 – 15:04 Gemini
- 15:04 – 17:20 Cancer
- 17:20 – 19:32 Leo
- 19:32 – 21:43 Virgo
- 21:43 – 23:58 Libra
- 23:58 – 02:14 next day Scorpio
- 02:14 – 04:19 next day Sagittarius
- 04:19 – 06:05 next day Capricorn
- 06:05 – 06:20 next day Aquarius
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