Ranchi panchang, 16 August 2025
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 23:13 Shravana 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 18:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:26 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 05:26 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:09
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 13:29 – 15:06
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:43 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:19 to 05:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 21:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 21:35
- Nakshatra Bharani until 06:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:21
- Karana Balava until 10:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:43 Moon enters Taurus
- 21:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 21:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:26 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:26 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 15:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:28 – 08:04 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. 03:57 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:35 – 05:26 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:38 – 05:26 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:38 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:26 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:02 – 08:39 | Good |
| Rog | 08:39 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:29 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:42 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:19 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:43 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:29 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:16 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:39 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:03 – 05:26 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
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:32 Cancer
- 05:32 – 07:44 Leo
- 07:44 – 09:55 Virgo
- 09:55 – 12:10 Libra
- 12:10 – 14:26 Scorpio
- 14:26 – 16:31 Sagittarius
- 16:31 – 18:17 Capricorn
- 18:17 – 19:50 Aquarius
- 19:50 – 21:20 Pisces
- 21:20 – 23:00 Aries
- 23:00 – 00:58 next day Taurus
- 00:58 – 03:12 next day Gemini
- 03:12 – 05:26 next day Cancer
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