Ranchi panchang, 18 August 2026

Tuesday, 18 August 2026

Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 10:34 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 18:18
  1. Rog
  2. Udveg
  3. Char
  4. Labh
  5. Amrit
  6. Kaal
  7. Shubh
  8. Rog
  • Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:52
  • Yamaganda 08:39 – 10:16
  • Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:18
  • Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:28
  • Rahu Kalam 15:05 – 16:41
  • 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
  • 17:51 Karana becomes Gara

Night

18:18 to 05:27 next day
  1. Kaal
  2. Labh
  3. Udveg
  4. Shubh
  5. Amrit
  6. Char
  7. Rog
  8. Kaal
  • Pradosha 18:18 – 20:32
  • Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
  • 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma

The five limbs

  • Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:51
  • Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 next day · lord Rahu
  • Yoga Shukla until 03:23 next day
  • Karana Taitila until 17:51, then Gara
  • Vara Tuesday lord Mars
  • Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
  • 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
  • 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
  • 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma

Times to avoid

Good windows

Choghadiya

Day
Rog 05:26 –⁠ 07:03 Bad
Udveg 07:03 –⁠ 08:39 Bad
Char 08:39 –⁠ 10:16 Neutral
Labh 10:16 –⁠ 11:52 Good
Amrit 11:52 –⁠ 13:28 Good
Kaal 13:28 –⁠ 15:05 Bad
Shubh 15:05 –⁠ 16:41 Good
Rog 16:41 –⁠ 18:18 Bad
Night
Kaal 18:18 –⁠ 19:41 Bad
Labh 19:41 –⁠ 21:05 Good
Udveg 21:05 –⁠ 22:29 Bad
Shubh 22:29 –⁠ 23:52 Good
Amrit 23:52 –⁠ 01:16 next day Good
Char 01:16 –⁠ 02:39 next day Neutral
Rog 02:39 –⁠ 04:03 next day Bad
Kaal 04:03 –⁠ 05:27 next day Bad

Hora

Hora system

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

  1. 05:26 NowMars
  2. 06:31 NowSun
  3. 07:35 NowVenus
  4. 08:39 NowMercury
  5. 09:43 NowMoon
  6. 10:48 NowSaturn
  7. 11:52 NowJupiter
  8. 12:56 NowMars
  9. 14:01 NowSun
  10. 15:05 NowVenus
  11. 16:09 NowMercury
  12. 17:13 NowMoon
  1. 18:18 NowSaturn
  2. 19:13 NowJupiter
  3. 20:09 NowMars
  4. 21:05 NowSun
  5. 22:01 NowVenus
  6. 22:56 NowMercury
  7. 23:52 NowMoon
  8. Next day
  9. 00:48 NowSaturn
  10. 01:44 NowJupiter
  11. 02:39 NowMars
  12. 03:35 NowSun
  13. 04:31 NowVenus
  1. 05:26 NowMars
  2. 06:26 NowSun
  3. 07:26 NowVenus
  4. 08:26 NowMercury
  5. 09:26 NowMoon
  6. 10:26 NowSaturn
  7. 11:26 NowJupiter
  8. 12:26 NowMars
  9. 13:26 NowSun
  10. 14:26 NowVenus
  11. 15:26 NowMercury
  12. 16:26 NowMoon
  13. 17:26 NowSaturn
  1. 18:26 NowJupiter
  2. 19:26 NowMars
  3. 20:26 NowSun
  4. 21:26 NowVenus
  5. 22:26 NowMercury
  6. 23:26 NowMoon
  7. Next day
  8. 00:26 NowSaturn
  9. 01:26 NowJupiter
  10. 02:26 NowMars
  11. 03:26 NowSun
  12. 04:26 NowVenus

Rising sign (lagna)

  1. 03:57 –⁠ 05:25 Cancer
  2. 05:25 –⁠ 07:37 Leo
  3. 07:37 –⁠ 09:48 Virgo
  4. 09:48 –⁠ 12:03 Libra
  5. 12:03 –⁠ 14:19 Scorpio
  6. 14:19 –⁠ 16:24 Sagittarius
  7. 16:24 –⁠ 18:11 Capricorn
  8. 18:11 –⁠ 19:43 Aquarius
  9. 19:43 –⁠ 21:14 Pisces
  10. 21:14 –⁠ 22:54 Aries
  11. 22:54 –⁠ 00:52 next day Taurus
  12. 00:52 –⁠ 03:05 next day Gemini
  13. 03:05 –⁠ 05:21 next day Cancer
  14. 05:21 –⁠ 05:27 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