Ranchi panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 08:54 Margashirsha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:02- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:21 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:21 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 07:04 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam 09:01 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 13:02 – 14:22
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:02 to 06:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:12 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:17
- Karana Gara until 14:06, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:21 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:21 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:04 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:02 – 14:22
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:01 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:52 – 15:10
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. 04:35 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 06:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:06 – 06:22 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:21 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:01 | Good |
| Rog | 09:01 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:02 – 14:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:22 – 15:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:42 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:42 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:22 – 22:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:02 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:42 – 06:22 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
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:43 Scorpio
- 06:43 – 08:48 Sagittarius
- 08:48 – 10:34 Capricorn
- 10:34 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:37 Pisces
- 13:37 – 15:17 Aries
- 15:17 – 17:16 Taurus
- 17:16 – 19:29 Gemini
- 19:29 – 21:45 Cancer
- 21:45 – 23:57 Leo
- 23:57 – 02:08 next day Virgo
- 02:08 – 04:23 next day Libra
- 04:23 – 06:22 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