Ranchi panchang, 20 December 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 13:32 Margashirsha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 14:26 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta 15:40 – 16:23
- Rahu Kalam 15:46 – 17:06
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:06 to 06:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:55 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 08:10
- Karana Vanija until 09:18, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:40 – 16:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:46 – 17:06
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 14:55 – 06:26 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. 04:39 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 14:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:26 – 14:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:26 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:46 – 09:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:06 – 10:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:26 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:06 – 14:26 | Good |
| Rog | 14:26 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:46 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:46 – 20:26 | Good |
| Char | 20:26 – 22:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:06 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:06 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:46 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:12 Scorpio
- 06:12 – 08:17 Sagittarius
- 08:17 – 10:03 Capricorn
- 10:03 – 11:36 Aquarius
- 11:36 – 13:06 Pisces
- 13:06 – 14:46 Aries
- 14:46 – 16:44 Taurus
- 16:44 – 18:58 Gemini
- 18:58 – 21:14 Cancer
- 21:14 – 23:26 Leo
- 23:26 – 01:37 next day Virgo
- 01:37 – 03:52 next day Libra
- 03:52 – 06:08 next day Scorpio
- 06:08 – 06:26 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