Ranchi panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 05:25 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 17:24- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:33 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 06:33 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam 09:16 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:41
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:24 to 06:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:04 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:18
- Karana Vishti until 11:16, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:33 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:41
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) 11:37 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:33 – 00:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:33 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:54 – 09:16 | Good |
| Rog | 09:16 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:37 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 14:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:41 – 16:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:02 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:24 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:02 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:41 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:37 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:54 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:26 Sagittarius
- 06:26 – 08:12 Capricorn
- 08:12 – 09:45 Aquarius
- 09:45 – 11:15 Pisces
- 11:15 – 12:55 Aries
- 12:55 – 14:53 Taurus
- 14:53 – 17:06 Gemini
- 17:06 – 19:23 Cancer
- 19:23 – 21:35 Leo
- 21:35 – 23:46 Virgo
- 23:46 – 02:00 next day Libra
- 02:00 – 04:16 next day Scorpio
- 04:16 – 06:22 next day Sagittarius
- 06:22 – 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