Ranchi panchang, 21 October 2026
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 14:12 Ashwin month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 17:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:07 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:10 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 11:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 12:59
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:17 to 05:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:12
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 00:33 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:10 – 11:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 12:59
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:36 – 14:48 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:49 – 19:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:08 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 19:03 – 21:12
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. 04:09 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:17 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:49 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:49 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:41 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:07 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:59 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:51 – 17:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:17 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 21:59 | Good |
| Char | 21:59 – 23:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:33 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:07 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:41 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:15 – 05:49 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
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:37 Virgo
- 05:37 – 07:51 Libra
- 07:51 – 10:07 Scorpio
- 10:07 – 12:13 Sagittarius
- 12:13 – 13:59 Capricorn
- 13:59 – 15:32 Aquarius
- 15:32 – 17:02 Pisces
- 17:02 – 18:42 Aries
- 18:42 – 20:40 Taurus
- 20:40 – 22:53 Gemini
- 22:53 – 01:10 next day Cancer
- 01:10 – 03:22 next day Leo
- 03:22 – 05:33 next day Virgo
- 05:33 – 05:49 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