Ranchi panchang, 1 May 2026
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 18:06 Vaishakha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:53 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 10:08 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:38
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:15 to 05:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:53
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:35 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:13
- Karana Vishti until 10:00, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:38
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:13 – 21:44 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. 03:48 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:53 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:16 – 06:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:31 – 10:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:08 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Char | 16:38 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:15 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:38 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:23 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:45 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:08 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 03:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:53 – 05:15 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
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:26 Pisces
- 04:26 – 06:06 Aries
- 06:06 – 08:04 Taurus
- 08:04 – 10:18 Gemini
- 10:18 – 12:34 Cancer
- 12:34 – 14:46 Leo
- 14:46 – 16:57 Virgo
- 16:57 – 19:12 Libra
- 19:12 – 21:28 Scorpio
- 21:28 – 23:33 Sagittarius
- 23:33 – 01:19 next day Capricorn
- 01:19 – 02:52 next day Aquarius
- 02:52 – 04:22 next day Pisces
- 04:22 – 05:15 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