Ranchi panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 11:13 Margashirsha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:22 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:04
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:04 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:46
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:22 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:04
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12 next day
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. 04:37 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:24 – 22:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:24 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:24 | Bad |
| Char | 14:24 – 15:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:44 – 17:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:04 – 18:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:44 – 20:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:24 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:44 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 06:27 Scorpio
- 06:27 – 08:32 Sagittarius
- 08:32 – 10:19 Capricorn
- 10:19 – 11:51 Aquarius
- 11:51 – 13:22 Pisces
- 13:22 – 15:02 Aries
- 15:02 – 17:00 Taurus
- 17:00 – 19:13 Gemini
- 19:13 – 21:30 Cancer
- 21:30 – 23:42 Leo
- 23:42 – 01:52 next day Virgo
- 01:52 – 04:07 next day Libra
- 04:07 – 06:23 next day Scorpio
- 06:23 – 06:24 next day Sagittarius
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