Ranchi panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 06:27 Chaitra month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 17:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:24 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:08
- Yamaganda 14:57 – 16:28
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:58 to 05:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:31 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:27 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 22:15
- Karana Balava until 15:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:28
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. 04:18 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:21
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:54 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:27 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:54 – 07:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:24 – 08:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:55 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:57 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 17:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:58 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:28 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:57 – 22:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:26 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:54 – 04:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:23 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:41 Aquarius
- 05:41 – 07:11 Pisces
- 07:11 – 08:51 Aries
- 08:51 – 10:49 Taurus
- 10:49 – 13:03 Gemini
- 13:03 – 15:19 Cancer
- 15:19 – 17:31 Leo
- 17:31 – 19:42 Virgo
- 19:42 – 21:57 Libra
- 21:57 – 00:13 next day Scorpio
- 00:13 – 02:18 next day Sagittarius
- 02:18 – 04:04 next day Capricorn
- 04:04 – 05:37 next day Aquarius
- 05:37 – 05:53 next day Pisces
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