Ranchi panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 06:32 Kartika month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:40 – 13:01
- 06:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:02 to 06:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:21
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:00 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:39
- Karana Naga until 06:21, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:00
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:39 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:01
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. 04:33 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:41
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:01 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Char | 14:21 – 15:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:41 – 17:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:41 – 20:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:21 – 22:01 | Good |
| Char | 22:01 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:20 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:39 Libra
- 04:39 – 06:55 Scorpio
- 06:55 – 09:00 Sagittarius
- 09:00 – 10:46 Capricorn
- 10:46 – 12:19 Aquarius
- 12:19 – 13:49 Pisces
- 13:49 – 15:29 Aries
- 15:29 – 17:27 Taurus
- 17:27 – 19:41 Gemini
- 19:41 – 21:57 Cancer
- 21:57 – 00:09 next day Leo
- 00:09 – 02:20 next day Virgo
- 02:20 – 04:35 next day Libra
- 04:35 – 06:20 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