Ranchi panchang, 20 December 2025
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 06:39 Margashirsha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:26 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta 06:26 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta 07:09 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam 09:06 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 13:06 – 14:26
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:06 to 06:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:13
- Nakshatra Mula until 01:21 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 16:17
- Karana Naga until 07:13, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:26 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:26 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:09 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:26
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. 04:39 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:26 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:46 – 09:06 | Good |
| Rog | 09:06 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Char | 11:46 – 13:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:06 – 14:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:26 – 15:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:46 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:46 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:26 – 22:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:06 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:06 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:46 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
- 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
- 05:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:11 Scorpio
- 06:11 – 08:16 Sagittarius
- 08:16 – 10:02 Capricorn
- 10:02 – 11:35 Aquarius
- 11:35 – 13:05 Pisces
- 13:05 – 14:45 Aries
- 14:45 – 16:43 Taurus
- 16:43 – 18:57 Gemini
- 18:57 – 21:13 Cancer
- 21:13 – 23:25 Leo
- 23:25 – 01:36 next day Virgo
- 01:36 – 03:51 next day Libra
- 03:51 – 06:07 next day Scorpio
- 06:07 – 06:26 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