Ranchi panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 20:50 Vaishakha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:52 – 08:30
- Yamaganda 10:07 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:23 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:40
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:16 to 05:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 05:24 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 09:58 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 23:19
- Karana Vanija until 16:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:28 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:40
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. 03:46 – 04:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:14 – 09:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:14 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:30 – 10:07 | Good |
| Rog | 10:07 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:45 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 15:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:01 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:16 | Good |
| Char | 18:16 – 19:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:38 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:01 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:23 – 23:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:45 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:07 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:29 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:13 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
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:14 Pisces
- 04:14 – 05:54 Aries
- 05:54 – 07:52 Taurus
- 07:52 – 10:06 Gemini
- 10:06 – 12:22 Cancer
- 12:22 – 14:34 Leo
- 14:34 – 16:45 Virgo
- 16:45 – 19:00 Libra
- 19:00 – 21:16 Scorpio
- 21:16 – 23:21 Sagittarius
- 23:21 – 01:07 next day Capricorn
- 01:07 – 02:40 next day Aquarius
- 02:40 – 04:10 next day Pisces
- 04:10 – 05:13 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