Ranchi panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 23:49 Chaitra month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:09 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:25 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:24
- 05:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:05 to 05:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:02
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 17:10
- Karana Gara until 05:48, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 05:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:25 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:24
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:10 – 05:34 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. 04:03 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 05:34 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:02 – 05:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:43 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 18:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:05 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:32 – 20:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:08 – 05:34 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
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 04:26 Aquarius
- 04:26 – 05:56 Pisces
- 05:56 – 07:36 Aries
- 07:36 – 09:34 Taurus
- 09:34 – 11:48 Gemini
- 11:48 – 14:04 Cancer
- 14:04 – 16:16 Leo
- 16:16 – 18:27 Virgo
- 18:27 – 20:42 Libra
- 20:42 – 22:58 Scorpio
- 22:58 – 01:03 next day Sagittarius
- 01:03 – 02:50 next day Capricorn
- 02:50 – 04:22 next day Aquarius
- 04:22 – 05:34 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