Ranchi panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 03:57 Margashirsha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:23 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:04
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:04 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:33 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:16
- Karana Gara until 13:16, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:23 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:04
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. 04:38 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:44
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:11 – 06:25 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:11 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:24 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:24 | Bad |
| Char | 14:24 – 15:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:44 – 17:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:04 – 18:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:44 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 22:05 | Good |
| Char | 22:05 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:22 Scorpio
- 06:22 – 08:27 Sagittarius
- 08:27 – 10:14 Capricorn
- 10:14 – 11:46 Aquarius
- 11:46 – 13:17 Pisces
- 13:17 – 14:57 Aries
- 14:57 – 16:55 Taurus
- 16:55 – 19:08 Gemini
- 19:08 – 21:25 Cancer
- 21:25 – 23:37 Leo
- 23:37 – 01:48 next day Virgo
- 01:48 – 04:02 next day Libra
- 04:02 – 06:18 next day Scorpio
- 06:18 – 06:25 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