Ranchi panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 07:21 Vaishakha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 18:10- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:00 – 08:36
- Yamaganda 10:12 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 13:23 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:37
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:10 to 05:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:28
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:11
- Karana Gara until 07:28, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:37
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. 03:55 – 04:40
- 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 18:10 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:24 – 02:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:24 – 02:08 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 02:08 – 05:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:08 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:24 – 07:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:00 – 08:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:36 – 10:12 | Good |
| Rog | 10:12 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:47 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:35 – 18:10 | Good |
| Char | 18:10 – 19:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:34 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:59 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:23 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:11 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:35 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:59 – 05:24 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:47 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:09 Pisces
- 05:09 – 06:49 Aries
- 06:49 – 08:47 Taurus
- 08:47 – 11:01 Gemini
- 11:01 – 13:17 Cancer
- 13:17 – 15:29 Leo
- 15:29 – 17:40 Virgo
- 17:40 – 19:55 Libra
- 19:55 – 22:11 Scorpio
- 22:11 – 00:16 next day Sagittarius
- 00:16 – 02:02 next day Capricorn
- 02:02 – 03:35 next day Aquarius
- 03:35 – 05:05 next day Pisces
- 05:05 – 05:24 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