Ranchi panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 12:20 Ashwin month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 17:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 11:56
- Yamaganda 11:33 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 14:26 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta 15:47 – 16:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:53 – 17:19
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:19 to 05:48 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:56
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:47 – 16:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:53 – 17:19
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. 04:08 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 11:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 19:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:49 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:47 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:14 – 08:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:40 – 10:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:07 – 11:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:33 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:00 – 14:26 | Good |
| Rog | 14:26 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:53 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:19 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:53 – 20:26 | Good |
| Char | 20:26 – 22:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:00 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:34 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:07 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:41 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:14 – 05:48 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:47 NowSun
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:47 NowSun
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:48 Virgo
- 05:48 – 08:03 Libra
- 08:03 – 10:19 Scorpio
- 10:19 – 12:24 Sagittarius
- 12:24 – 14:11 Capricorn
- 14:11 – 15:43 Aquarius
- 15:43 – 17:14 Pisces
- 17:14 – 18:54 Aries
- 18:54 – 20:52 Taurus
- 20:52 – 23:05 Gemini
- 23:05 – 01:21 next day Cancer
- 01:21 – 03:34 next day Leo
- 03:34 – 05:44 next day Virgo
- 05:44 – 05:48 next day Libra
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