Ranchi panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 11:44 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:24 – 07:44
- Gulika Kalam 09:04 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:56
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:04 to 06:25 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:26
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 13:21
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:24 – 07:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:24
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:56
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 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:44
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:24 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:44 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 11:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:44 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:24 – 15:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:44 – 17:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:04 – 18:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:44 – 20:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:24 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:04 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:45 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 06:23 Scorpio
- 06:23 – 08:28 Sagittarius
- 08:28 – 10:15 Capricorn
- 10:15 – 11:47 Aquarius
- 11:47 – 13:18 Pisces
- 13:18 – 14:58 Aries
- 14:58 – 16:56 Taurus
- 16:56 – 19:09 Gemini
- 19:09 – 21:26 Cancer
- 21:26 – 23:38 Leo
- 23:38 – 01:49 next day Virgo
- 01:49 – 04:03 next day Libra
- 04:03 – 06:19 next day Scorpio
- 06:19 – 06:25 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