Ranchi panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 08:12 Magha 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 17:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:21
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:27 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 14:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:01 – 18:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:21
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:33 – 13:58
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:58 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:33 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Char | 14:43 – 16:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:05 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:05 – 20:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:43 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 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
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:10 Sagittarius
- 06:10 – 07:56 Capricorn
- 07:56 – 09:29 Aquarius
- 09:29 – 10:59 Pisces
- 10:59 – 12:39 Aries
- 12:39 – 14:37 Taurus
- 14:37 – 16:51 Gemini
- 16:51 – 19:07 Cancer
- 19:07 – 21:19 Leo
- 21:19 – 23:30 Virgo
- 23:30 – 01:45 next day Libra
- 01:45 – 04:01 next day Scorpio
- 04:01 – 06:06 next day Sagittarius
- 06:06 – 06:32 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