Ranchi panchang, 5 December 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 02:51 Kartika month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:17 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam 08:58 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:00
- Yamaganda 12:59 – 14:20
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:15 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:01 to 06:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 00:52 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:49 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:53
- Karana Kaulava until 12:15, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:17 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:59 – 14:20
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:17 – 11:49
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. 04:30 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:01 – 19:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:49 – 06:17 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:49 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:17 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:37 – 08:58 | Good |
| Rog | 08:58 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:18 – 11:39 | Bad |
| Char | 11:39 – 12:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:59 – 14:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:20 – 15:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:40 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:01 – 18:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:40 – 20:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:20 – 21:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:59 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:58 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:38 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:33 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:54 Libra
- 04:54 – 07:11 Scorpio
- 07:11 – 09:16 Sagittarius
- 09:16 – 11:02 Capricorn
- 11:02 – 12:35 Aquarius
- 12:35 – 14:05 Pisces
- 14:05 – 15:45 Aries
- 15:45 – 17:43 Taurus
- 17:43 – 19:57 Gemini
- 19:57 – 22:13 Cancer
- 22:13 – 00:25 next day Leo
- 00:25 – 02:36 next day Virgo
- 02:36 – 04:51 next day Libra
- 04:51 – 06:17 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