Ranchi panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 08:43 Shravana month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 18:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta 16:36 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam 16:43 – 18:19
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:19 to 05:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:36 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:43 – 18:19
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 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. 03:57 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:33
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:26 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:26 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:26 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:02 – 08:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:39 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:29 – 15:06 | Good |
| Rog | 15:06 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:43 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:19 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:43 – 21:06 | Good |
| Char | 21:06 – 22:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:29 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:16 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:39 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:03 – 05:26 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
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:33 Cancer
- 05:33 – 07:45 Leo
- 07:45 – 09:56 Virgo
- 09:56 – 12:11 Libra
- 12:11 – 14:27 Scorpio
- 14:27 – 16:32 Sagittarius
- 16:32 – 18:18 Capricorn
- 18:18 – 19:51 Aquarius
- 19:51 – 21:21 Pisces
- 21:21 – 23:01 Aries
- 23:01 – 00:59 next day Taurus
- 00:59 – 03:13 next day Gemini
- 03:13 – 05:26 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