Ranchi panchang, 16 February 2028
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 23:54 Magha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:28
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:43 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:46 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 12:26 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 18:45
- Karana Vishti until 14:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:28
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. 04:40 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:22 – 12:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:22 – 01:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:43 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:27 | Good |
| Char | 22:27 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:46 – 06:21 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:16 Capricorn
- 06:16 – 07:49 Aquarius
- 07:49 – 09:19 Pisces
- 09:19 – 10:59 Aries
- 10:59 – 12:57 Taurus
- 12:57 – 15:11 Gemini
- 15:11 – 17:27 Cancer
- 17:27 – 19:39 Leo
- 19:39 – 21:50 Virgo
- 21:50 – 00:05 next day Libra
- 00:05 – 02:21 next day Scorpio
- 02:21 – 04:26 next day Sagittarius
- 04:26 – 06:12 next day Capricorn
- 06:12 – 06:21 next day Aquarius
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