Ranchi panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 06:04 Jyeshtha (adhika) 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 18:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:46 – 08:26
- Yamaganda 10:05 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 13:24 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:44
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:23 to 05:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:44
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 18:23 – 20:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:07 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 05:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:46 – 08:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:26 – 10:05 | Good |
| Rog | 10:05 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:45 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Char | 13:24 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:43 – 18:23 | Good |
| Char | 18:23 – 19:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:43 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:24 – 23:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:45 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:05 – 02:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:25 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:46 – 05:06 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
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:41 – 04:59 Aries
- 04:59 – 06:57 Taurus
- 06:57 – 09:11 Gemini
- 09:11 – 11:27 Cancer
- 11:27 – 13:39 Leo
- 13:39 – 15:50 Virgo
- 15:50 – 18:05 Libra
- 18:05 – 20:21 Scorpio
- 20:21 – 22:26 Sagittarius
- 22:26 – 00:12 next day Capricorn
- 00:12 – 01:45 next day Aquarius
- 01:45 – 03:15 next day Pisces
- 03:15 – 04:55 next day Aries
- 04:55 – 05:06 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