Ranchi panchang, 18 December 2025
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 04:51 Margashirsha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:05- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:25 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam 09:05 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:57
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:05 to 06:25 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:59 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:05
- Karana Vishti until 15:47, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:25 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:57
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:05 – 17:05
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:25 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:59 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:25 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:45 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:05 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Char | 10:25 – 11:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:45 – 13:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:05 – 14:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:25 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:45 – 17:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:05 – 18:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:45 – 20:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:25 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:05 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:45 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:18 Scorpio
- 06:18 – 08:24 Sagittarius
- 08:24 – 10:10 Capricorn
- 10:10 – 11:43 Aquarius
- 11:43 – 13:13 Pisces
- 13:13 – 14:53 Aries
- 14:53 – 16:51 Taurus
- 16:51 – 19:04 Gemini
- 19:04 – 21:21 Cancer
- 21:21 – 23:33 Leo
- 23:33 – 01:44 next day Virgo
- 01:44 – 03:58 next day Libra
- 03:58 – 06:14 next day Scorpio
- 06:14 – 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