Ranchi panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 09:04 Ashadha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 18:35- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:13 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 05:13 – 06:07
- Durmuhurta 06:07 – 07:00
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 15:15
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:35 to 05:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:43 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 20:45
- Karana Bava until 16:07, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:13 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:13 – 06:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:07 – 07:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:15
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:45 – 08:04 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:00 – 05:14 next day
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. 03:48 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:00 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:13 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:54 – 08:34 | Good |
| Rog | 08:34 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:55 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:35 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:55 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:34 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:54 – 05:14 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
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:11 Gemini
- 05:11 – 07:27 Cancer
- 07:27 – 09:39 Leo
- 09:39 – 11:50 Virgo
- 11:50 – 14:05 Libra
- 14:05 – 16:21 Scorpio
- 16:21 – 18:26 Sagittarius
- 18:26 – 20:12 Capricorn
- 20:12 – 21:45 Aquarius
- 21:45 – 23:15 Pisces
- 23:15 – 00:55 next day Aries
- 00:55 – 02:53 next day Taurus
- 02:53 – 05:07 next day Gemini
- 05:07 – 05:14 next day Cancer
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