Ranchi panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 06:13 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 14:42 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:58 – 16:41
- Rahu Kalam 16:03 – 17:24
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:24 to 06:33 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 10:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 21:11
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:46, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:58 – 16:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:03 – 17:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:11 – 22:23
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:14 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:33 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 10:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:37 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:42 | Good |
| Rog | 14:42 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:03 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:24 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:03 – 20:42 | Good |
| Char | 20:42 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:37 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:16 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:22 Sagittarius
- 06:22 – 08:08 Capricorn
- 08:08 – 09:41 Aquarius
- 09:41 – 11:11 Pisces
- 11:11 – 12:51 Aries
- 12:51 – 14:49 Taurus
- 14:49 – 17:03 Gemini
- 17:03 – 19:19 Cancer
- 19:19 – 21:31 Leo
- 21:31 – 23:42 Virgo
- 23:42 – 01:56 next day Libra
- 01:56 – 04:13 next day Scorpio
- 04:13 – 06:18 next day Sagittarius
- 06:18 – 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