Ranchi panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 23:57 Vaishakha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 18:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:49 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam 10:07 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:40
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:18 to 05:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 21:20 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 02:30 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:22, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:49 – 08:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:40
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. 03:44 – 04:28
- 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 18:18 – 20:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:12 – 21:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:12 – 12:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:20 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:12 – 06:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:28 – 10:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:07 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Char | 16:40 – 18:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:18 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:40 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:01 – 22:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:23 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:45 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:06 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:28 – 03:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:49 – 05:11 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
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 03:59 Pisces
- 03:59 – 05:38 Aries
- 05:38 – 07:37 Taurus
- 07:37 – 09:50 Gemini
- 09:50 – 12:06 Cancer
- 12:06 – 14:18 Leo
- 14:18 – 16:29 Virgo
- 16:29 – 18:44 Libra
- 18:44 – 21:00 Scorpio
- 21:00 – 23:05 Sagittarius
- 23:05 – 00:52 next day Capricorn
- 00:52 – 02:24 next day Aquarius
- 02:24 – 03:55 next day Pisces
- 03:55 – 05:11 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