Ranchi panchang, 17 February 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 06:11 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 09:12 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:25
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam 14:53 – 16:19
- 09:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:31 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:44 to 06:20 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:31
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 21:16 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 00:28 next day
- Karana Naga until 17:31, then Kimstughna
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:31 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:19
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:21 – 21:16
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:16 – 06:20 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 – 05:30
- 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
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:21 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:46 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Char | 09:12 – 10:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:37 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:28 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:53 – 16:19 | Good |
| Rog | 16:19 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:44 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:19 – 20:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:53 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:28 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:37 – 03:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:11 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:45 – 06:20 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
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:21 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:10 Capricorn
- 06:10 – 07:43 Aquarius
- 07:43 – 09:13 Pisces
- 09:13 – 10:53 Aries
- 10:53 – 12:51 Taurus
- 12:51 – 15:05 Gemini
- 15:05 – 17:21 Cancer
- 17:21 – 19:33 Leo
- 19:33 – 21:44 Virgo
- 21:44 – 23:59 Libra
- 23:59 – 02:15 next day Scorpio
- 02:15 – 04:20 next day Sagittarius
- 04:20 – 06:06 next day Capricorn
- 06:06 – 06:20 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