Ranchi panchang, 21 February 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 08:29 Phalguna month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:18 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 07:04 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam 09:10 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 13:28 – 14:54
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:46 to 06:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:07 Moon enters Aries
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:07 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 15:51
- Karana Vishti until 13:01, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:07 Moon enters Aries
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:52 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:04 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:54
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:18 – 19:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:03 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:03 – 11:03
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. 04:37 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:46 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 19:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 13:01
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:18 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:44 – 09:10 | Good |
| Rog | 09:10 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:36 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:28 – 14:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:54 – 16:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:20 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:20 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:54 – 22:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:28 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:09 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:43 – 06:17 next day | Good |
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
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:54 Capricorn
- 05:54 – 07:27 Aquarius
- 07:27 – 08:57 Pisces
- 08:57 – 10:37 Aries
- 10:37 – 12:35 Taurus
- 12:35 – 14:49 Gemini
- 14:49 – 17:05 Cancer
- 17:05 – 19:17 Leo
- 19:17 – 21:28 Virgo
- 21:28 – 23:43 Libra
- 23:43 – 01:59 next day Scorpio
- 01:59 – 04:04 next day Sagittarius
- 04:04 – 05:50 next day Capricorn
- 05:50 – 06:17 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