Ranchi panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 04:59 Chaitra month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 18:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:02 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:13 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:34
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:09 to 05:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:21
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:50, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:38
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:21 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:34
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 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:24
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:27 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:27 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:02 – 05:26 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:21 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:27 – 07:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:02 – 08:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:38 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:48 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Char | 16:34 – 18:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:09 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:34 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:58 – 22:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:23 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:48 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:12 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:37 – 04:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:02 – 05:26 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
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:21 Pisces
- 05:21 – 07:01 Aries
- 07:01 – 08:59 Taurus
- 08:59 – 11:13 Gemini
- 11:13 – 13:29 Cancer
- 13:29 – 15:41 Leo
- 15:41 – 17:52 Virgo
- 17:52 – 20:07 Libra
- 20:07 – 22:23 Scorpio
- 22:23 – 00:28 next day Sagittarius
- 00:28 – 02:14 next day Capricorn
- 02:14 – 03:47 next day Aquarius
- 03:47 – 05:17 next day Pisces
- 05:17 – 05:26 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