Ranchi panchang, 2 January 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 16:01 Pausha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:13- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:51 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:22
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:33 – 15:53
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:13 to 06:32 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:53
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:04 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 13:07
- Karana Gara until 08:38, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:53
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. 04:45 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:31 – 07:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:51 – 09:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:12 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Char | 15:53 – 17:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:13 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:53 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:33 – 22:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:13 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:12 – 04:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:52 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:19 Scorpio
- 05:19 – 07:25 Sagittarius
- 07:25 – 09:11 Capricorn
- 09:11 – 10:44 Aquarius
- 10:44 – 12:14 Pisces
- 12:14 – 13:54 Aries
- 13:54 – 15:52 Taurus
- 15:52 – 18:05 Gemini
- 18:05 – 20:22 Cancer
- 20:22 – 22:34 Leo
- 22:34 – 00:45 next day Virgo
- 00:45 – 02:59 next day Libra
- 02:59 – 05:15 next day Scorpio
- 05:15 – 06:32 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