Ranchi panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 04:14 Vaishakha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:07 to 18:22- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:07 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 05:07 – 06:00
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:53
- Rahu Kalam 08:26 – 10:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 15:03
- 05:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:22 to 05:07 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:41 – 04:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 05:11
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Shakuni until 05:11, then Chatushpada
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:07 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:07 – 06:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:03
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. 03:41 – 04:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:31
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:07 – 05:11
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:07 – 06:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:47 – 08:26 | Good |
| Rog | 08:26 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:05 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Char | 11:45 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 15:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:03 – 16:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:43 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:22 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:43 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:03 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:26 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:07 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
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 05:07 Aries
- 05:07 – 07:05 Taurus
- 07:05 – 09:19 Gemini
- 09:19 – 11:35 Cancer
- 11:35 – 13:47 Leo
- 13:47 – 15:58 Virgo
- 15:58 – 18:13 Libra
- 18:13 – 20:29 Scorpio
- 20:29 – 22:34 Sagittarius
- 22:34 – 00:20 next day Capricorn
- 00:20 – 01:53 next day Aquarius
- 01:53 – 03:23 next day Pisces
- 03:23 – 05:03 next day Aries
- 05:03 – 05:07 next day Taurus
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