Ranchi panchang, 16 February 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 05:33 Magha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:47 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:27
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:44 to 06:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 17:34
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 01:50 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 17:34, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:27
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:50 – 13:09 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. 04:40 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:21 – 20:48
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:21 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:21 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:47 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:12 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 17:44 | Good |
| Char | 17:44 – 19:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:18 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:53 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:27 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:11 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:46 – 06:21 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:14 Capricorn
- 06:14 – 07:47 Aquarius
- 07:47 – 09:17 Pisces
- 09:17 – 10:57 Aries
- 10:57 – 12:55 Taurus
- 12:55 – 15:08 Gemini
- 15:08 – 17:25 Cancer
- 17:25 – 19:37 Leo
- 19:37 – 21:48 Virgo
- 21:48 – 00:02 next day Libra
- 00:02 – 02:19 next day Scorpio
- 02:19 – 04:24 next day Sagittarius
- 04:24 – 06:10 next day Capricorn
- 06:10 – 06:21 next day Aquarius
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