Ranchi panchang, 16 April 2026
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 04:21 Chaitra month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 18:09- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:28 – 07:03
- Gulika Kalam 08:38 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:41 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:36
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:09 to 05:27 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 20:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 10:37
- Karana Vishti until 09:26, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:31 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:28 – 07:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:41 – 10:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:37 – 07:21 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:36
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. 03:57 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:59 – 05:27 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:11 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:28 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:03 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:38 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Char | 10:13 – 11:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:48 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:34 – 18:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:09 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:33 – 20:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:58 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:23 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:48 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:37 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:02 – 05:27 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
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:25 Pisces
- 05:25 – 07:05 Aries
- 07:05 – 09:03 Taurus
- 09:03 – 11:17 Gemini
- 11:17 – 13:33 Cancer
- 13:33 – 15:45 Leo
- 15:45 – 17:56 Virgo
- 17:56 – 20:11 Libra
- 20:11 – 22:27 Scorpio
- 22:27 – 00:32 next day Sagittarius
- 00:32 – 02:18 next day Capricorn
- 02:18 – 03:51 next day Aquarius
- 03:51 – 05:21 next day Pisces
- 05:21 – 05:27 next day Aries
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