Ranchi panchang, 16 August 2028
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 00:43 Shravana month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:02 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:29
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:19 to 05:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 03:49 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 18:12
- Karana Bava until 16:36, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 19:24
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. 03:57 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:26 – 18:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:49 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:26 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:02 – 08:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:39 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:39 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:03 – 05:26 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
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:31 Cancer
- 05:31 – 07:43 Leo
- 07:43 – 09:54 Virgo
- 09:54 – 12:09 Libra
- 12:09 – 14:25 Scorpio
- 14:25 – 16:30 Sagittarius
- 16:30 – 18:16 Capricorn
- 18:16 – 19:49 Aquarius
- 19:49 – 21:19 Pisces
- 21:19 – 22:59 Aries
- 22:59 – 00:58 next day Taurus
- 00:58 – 03:11 next day Gemini
- 03:11 – 05:26 next day Cancer
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