Ranchi panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 12:25 Shravana month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 18:16- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:27 – 07:03
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 10:15
- Durmuhurta 09:43 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam 13:28 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:42
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:16 to 05:27 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 04:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:16, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:27 – 07:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:43 – 10:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:25 – 05:18 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. 03:58 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:08 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:27 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:03 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:39 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Char | 10:15 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:28 – 15:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:04 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:40 – 18:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:16 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:40 – 21:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:04 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:28 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:16 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:40 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:04 – 05:27 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
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 05:17 Cancer
- 05:17 – 07:29 Leo
- 07:29 – 09:40 Virgo
- 09:40 – 11:55 Libra
- 11:55 – 14:11 Scorpio
- 14:11 – 16:16 Sagittarius
- 16:16 – 18:03 Capricorn
- 18:03 – 19:35 Aquarius
- 19:35 – 21:06 Pisces
- 21:06 – 22:46 Aries
- 22:46 – 00:44 next day Taurus
- 00:44 – 02:57 next day Gemini
- 02:57 – 05:13 next day Cancer
- 05:13 – 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