Ranchi panchang, 18 August 2025
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 00:07 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 18:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:03 – 08:39
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:43
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:18 to 05:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:59 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 17:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:06 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 22:59
- Karana Vanija until 06:22, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:59 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:59 – 00:11 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 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:31
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:26 – 02:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:26 – 02:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:26 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:03 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:39 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:41 – 18:18 | Good |
| Char | 18:18 – 19:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:41 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:28 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:16 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:39 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:03 – 05:27 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
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:24 Cancer
- 05:24 – 07:36 Leo
- 07:36 – 09:47 Virgo
- 09:47 – 12:02 Libra
- 12:02 – 14:18 Scorpio
- 14:18 – 16:23 Sagittarius
- 16:23 – 18:10 Capricorn
- 18:10 – 19:42 Aquarius
- 19:42 – 21:13 Pisces
- 21:13 – 22:53 Aries
- 22:53 – 00:51 next day Taurus
- 00:51 – 03:04 next day Gemini
- 03:04 – 05:20 next day Cancer
- 05:20 – 05:27 next day Leo
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