Ranchi panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 10:46 Ashwin month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 17:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:13 – 08:40
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:52
- Rahu Kalam 10:07 – 11:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 14:27 – 15:54
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:21 to 05:47 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:21 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:54 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:38, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:54
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 00:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:47 – 06:47
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. 04:07 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 11:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 19:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:47 – 05:47 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 05:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:47 – 07:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:13 – 08:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:40 – 10:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:07 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:34 – 13:01 | Good |
| Rog | 13:01 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:27 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Char | 15:54 – 17:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:21 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:54 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:27 – 22:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:01 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:34 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:07 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:40 – 04:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:14 – 05:47 next day | Bad |
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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:47 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:47 NowVenus
- 06:47 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:56 Virgo
- 05:56 – 08:11 Libra
- 08:11 – 10:27 Scorpio
- 10:27 – 12:32 Sagittarius
- 12:32 – 14:19 Capricorn
- 14:19 – 15:51 Aquarius
- 15:51 – 17:22 Pisces
- 17:22 – 19:02 Aries
- 19:02 – 21:00 Taurus
- 21:00 – 23:13 Gemini
- 23:13 – 01:29 next day Cancer
- 01:29 – 03:41 next day Leo
- 03:41 – 05:47 next day Virgo
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