Ranchi panchang, 18 April 2025
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 23:04 Chaitra month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 18:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:01 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:12 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:34
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:07 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:10 to 05:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:07
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:21 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 01:03 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:07, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:50 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:34
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:26 – 08:21
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. 03:56 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:07 – 05:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:26 – 07:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:37 – 10:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:12 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:48 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Char | 16:34 – 18:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:10 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:34 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:58 – 22:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:23 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:12 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:36 – 04:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:01 – 05:25 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
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:16 Pisces
- 05:16 – 06:56 Aries
- 06:56 – 08:54 Taurus
- 08:54 – 11:08 Gemini
- 11:08 – 13:24 Cancer
- 13:24 – 15:36 Leo
- 15:36 – 17:47 Virgo
- 17:47 – 20:02 Libra
- 20:02 – 22:18 Scorpio
- 22:18 – 00:23 next day Sagittarius
- 00:23 – 02:09 next day Capricorn
- 02:09 – 03:42 next day Aquarius
- 03:42 – 05:12 next day Pisces
- 05:12 – 05:25 next day Aries
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