Ranchi panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 16:18 Margashirsha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:47 – 13:07
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:07 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:47
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:07
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. 04:41 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 07:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 07:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:56 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:27 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 11:47 | Good |
| Rog | 11:47 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Char | 14:27 – 15:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:47 – 17:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:47 – 20:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:27 – 22:07 | Good |
| Char | 22:07 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:00 Scorpio
- 06:00 – 08:05 Sagittarius
- 08:05 – 09:51 Capricorn
- 09:51 – 11:24 Aquarius
- 11:24 – 12:54 Pisces
- 12:54 – 14:34 Aries
- 14:34 – 16:32 Taurus
- 16:32 – 18:46 Gemini
- 18:46 – 21:02 Cancer
- 21:02 – 23:14 Leo
- 23:14 – 01:25 next day Virgo
- 01:25 – 03:40 next day Libra
- 03:40 – 05:56 next day Scorpio
- 05:56 – 06:28 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