Ranchi panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 09:38 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:03 – 08:39
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:44
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:19 to 05:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:00
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:58 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 03:29 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:44
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:26 – 04:58 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:01 – 17:08
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 – 04:42
- 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 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:26 – 07:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:58 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:26 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:03 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:39 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Char | 13:29 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:19 | Good |
| Char | 18:19 – 19:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:42 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:16 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:39 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:03 – 05:26 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
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:29 Cancer
- 05:29 – 07:41 Leo
- 07:41 – 09:52 Virgo
- 09:52 – 12:07 Libra
- 12:07 – 14:23 Scorpio
- 14:23 – 16:28 Sagittarius
- 16:28 – 18:14 Capricorn
- 18:14 – 19:47 Aquarius
- 19:47 – 21:17 Pisces
- 21:17 – 22:57 Aries
- 22:57 – 00:56 next day Taurus
- 00:56 – 03:09 next day Gemini
- 03:09 – 05:25 next day Cancer
- 05:25 – 05:26 next day Leo
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