Ranchi panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 05:40 Vaishakha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 18:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:26 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 05:26 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:08
- Rahu Kalam 08:37 – 10:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 14:59
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:09 to 05:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:56
- Karana Bava until 14:11, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:26 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:26 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:59
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. 03:56 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:26 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:02 – 08:37 | Good |
| Rog | 08:37 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:12 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Char | 11:48 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:34 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:09 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:34 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:58 – 22:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:23 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:12 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:36 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:01 – 05:25 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
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:17 Pisces
- 05:17 – 06:57 Aries
- 06:57 – 08:55 Taurus
- 08:55 – 11:09 Gemini
- 11:09 – 13:25 Cancer
- 13:25 – 15:37 Leo
- 15:37 – 17:48 Virgo
- 17:48 – 20:03 Libra
- 20:03 – 22:19 Scorpio
- 22:19 – 00:24 next day Sagittarius
- 00:24 – 02:10 next day Capricorn
- 02:10 – 03:43 next day Aquarius
- 03:43 – 05:13 next day Pisces
- 05:13 – 05:25 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