Ranchi panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 06:46 Phalguna month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:28
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:45 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:58
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:16 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 22:45
- Karana Bava until 16:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:28
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. 04:39 – 05:30
- 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 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:58 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:11 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:45 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:28 | Good |
| Char | 22:28 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:36 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:06 Capricorn
- 06:06 – 07:39 Aquarius
- 07:39 – 09:09 Pisces
- 09:09 – 10:49 Aries
- 10:49 – 12:47 Taurus
- 12:47 – 15:01 Gemini
- 15:01 – 17:17 Cancer
- 17:17 – 19:29 Leo
- 19:29 – 21:40 Virgo
- 21:40 – 23:55 Libra
- 23:55 – 02:11 next day Scorpio
- 02:11 – 04:16 next day Sagittarius
- 04:16 – 06:02 next day Capricorn
- 06:02 – 06:19 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