Ranchi panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 08:19 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:06 to 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:46 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:05 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:18 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:45 – 13:25
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:24 to 05:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:07
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:10
- Karana Vishti until 11:07, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:05 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:18 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:25
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:10 – 16:34
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. 03:40 – 04:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:06 – 06:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:12 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:06 – 06:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:46 – 08:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:25 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:05 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:25 | Good |
| Char | 22:25 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:05 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:25 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:45 – 05:06 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
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 04:51 Aries
- 04:51 – 06:49 Taurus
- 06:49 – 09:03 Gemini
- 09:03 – 11:19 Cancer
- 11:19 – 13:31 Leo
- 13:31 – 15:42 Virgo
- 15:42 – 17:57 Libra
- 17:57 – 20:13 Scorpio
- 20:13 – 22:18 Sagittarius
- 22:18 – 00:04 next day Capricorn
- 00:04 – 01:37 next day Aquarius
- 01:37 – 03:07 next day Pisces
- 03:07 – 04:47 next day Aries
- 04:47 – 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