Ranchi panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 12:17 Margashirsha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:05- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:45 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 14:25 – 15:45
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:05 to 06:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:45
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 06:25 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. 04:38 – 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 17:05 – 19:45
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 06:25 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:25 – 07:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:45 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:25 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Char | 15:45 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:05 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:45 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:25 – 22:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:05 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:45 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:05 – 04:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:45 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:19 Scorpio
- 06:19 – 08:25 Sagittarius
- 08:25 – 10:11 Capricorn
- 10:11 – 11:44 Aquarius
- 11:44 – 13:14 Pisces
- 13:14 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:05 Gemini
- 19:05 – 21:22 Cancer
- 21:22 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 01:45 next day Virgo
- 01:45 – 03:59 next day Libra
- 03:59 – 06:15 next day Scorpio
- 06:15 – 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