Ranchi panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 17:10 Pausha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:32 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta 06:32 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 07:14 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam 09:12 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:33
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:14 to 06:32 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:32
- Nakshatra Ardra until 17:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 09:05
- Karana Bava until 15:32, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:32 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:14 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:15 – 01:47 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. 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 17:14 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:32 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:52 – 09:12 | Good |
| Rog | 09:12 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:33 – 15:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:54 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:14 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:33 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:12 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:52 – 06:32 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
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:15 Scorpio
- 05:15 – 07:21 Sagittarius
- 07:21 – 09:07 Capricorn
- 09:07 – 10:40 Aquarius
- 10:40 – 12:10 Pisces
- 12:10 – 13:50 Aries
- 13:50 – 15:48 Taurus
- 15:48 – 18:01 Gemini
- 18:01 – 20:18 Cancer
- 20:18 – 22:30 Leo
- 22:30 – 00:41 next day Virgo
- 00:41 – 02:55 next day Libra
- 02:55 – 05:12 next day Scorpio
- 05:12 – 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