Ranchi panchang, 18 November 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 12:42 Kartika month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 17:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:27 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:11 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:11 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:11 – 11:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 12:55
- 06:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:02 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:05
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:10 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:05
- Karana Bava until 06:05, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:05 – 11:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:11 – 11:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 12:55
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. 04:21 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:11 – 11:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:05 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:05 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:27 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:11 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:55 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Char | 14:17 – 15:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:39 – 17:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:40 – 20:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:18 – 21:56 | Good |
| Char | 21:56 – 23:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:34 – 01:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:12 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:50 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 06:06 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
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 06:01 Libra
- 06:01 – 08:17 Scorpio
- 08:17 – 10:22 Sagittarius
- 10:22 – 12:09 Capricorn
- 12:09 – 13:41 Aquarius
- 13:41 – 15:12 Pisces
- 15:12 – 16:52 Aries
- 16:52 – 18:50 Taurus
- 18:50 – 21:03 Gemini
- 21:03 – 23:20 Cancer
- 23:20 – 01:32 next day Leo
- 01:32 – 03:43 next day Virgo
- 03:43 – 05:57 next day Libra
- 05:57 – 06:06 next day Scorpio
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