Ranchi panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 09:27 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:06 – 06:45
- Gulika Kalam 08:25 – 10:05
- Durmuhurta 09:32 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam 13:25 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:45
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:24 to 05:05 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 03:40 – 04:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:49 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 10:58
- Karana Balava until 08:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:06 – 06:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 10:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:32 – 10:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:45
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 21:43 – 23:40
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. 03:40 – 04:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 – 20:33
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:06 – 02:49 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:06 – 02:49 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:06 – 02:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:06 – 08:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:06 – 06:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:45 – 08:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:25 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Char | 10:05 – 11:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:45 – 13:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:25 – 15:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:05 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:45 – 18:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:24 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:44 – 21:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:25 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:05 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:25 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:45 – 05:05 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
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:40 – 04:47 Aries
- 04:47 – 06:45 Taurus
- 06:45 – 08:59 Gemini
- 08:59 – 11:15 Cancer
- 11:15 – 13:27 Leo
- 13:27 – 15:38 Virgo
- 15:38 – 17:53 Libra
- 17:53 – 20:09 Scorpio
- 20:09 – 22:14 Sagittarius
- 22:14 – 00:00 next day Capricorn
- 00:00 – 01:33 next day Aquarius
- 01:33 – 03:03 next day Pisces
- 03:03 – 04:43 next day Aries
- 04:43 – 05:05 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