Ranchi panchang, 28 January 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 12:44 Magha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:24
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:32 to 06:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 16:36
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:27 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 23:54
- Karana Gara until 16:36, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:24
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. 04:47 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:31 – 09:27
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:31 – 09:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 06:31 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:27 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:32 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:42 Sagittarius
- 05:42 – 07:29 Capricorn
- 07:29 – 09:01 Aquarius
- 09:01 – 10:32 Pisces
- 10:32 – 12:12 Aries
- 12:12 – 14:10 Taurus
- 14:10 – 16:23 Gemini
- 16:23 – 18:39 Cancer
- 18:39 – 20:51 Leo
- 20:51 – 23:02 Virgo
- 23:02 – 01:17 next day Libra
- 01:17 – 03:33 next day Scorpio
- 03:33 – 05:38 next day Sagittarius
- 05:38 – 06:31 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