Ranchi panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 04:33 Pausha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:54 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam 10:37 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:41 – 16:02
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:23 to 06:33 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:06
- Karana Gara until 09:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 00:42 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. 04:48 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:01
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:33 – 07:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:54 – 09:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:16 – 10:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:37 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:41 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Char | 16:02 – 17:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:23 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:02 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:40 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:37 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:15 – 04:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:54 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:29 Sagittarius
- 06:29 – 08:16 Capricorn
- 08:16 – 09:49 Aquarius
- 09:49 – 11:19 Pisces
- 11:19 – 12:59 Aries
- 12:59 – 14:57 Taurus
- 14:57 – 17:10 Gemini
- 17:10 – 19:27 Cancer
- 19:27 – 21:39 Leo
- 21:39 – 23:50 Virgo
- 23:50 – 02:04 next day Libra
- 02:04 – 04:20 next day Scorpio
- 04:20 – 06:26 next day Sagittarius
- 06:26 – 06:33 next day Capricorn
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