Ranchi panchang, 20 September 2028
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 07:03 Ashwin month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 17:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:08 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 10:10 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:17 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:12
- 06:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:45 to 05:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:55 Moon enters Libra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 16:19
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 19:05
- Karana Balava until 06:07, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:55 Moon enters Libra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:17 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:12
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. 04:03 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:37 – 09:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:37 – 16:19
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:37 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:08 – 08:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:39 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:10 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Char | 14:43 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:45 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:11 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:40 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:09 – 05:38 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
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:26 Leo
- 05:26 – 07:37 Virgo
- 07:37 – 09:51 Libra
- 09:51 – 12:07 Scorpio
- 12:07 – 14:13 Sagittarius
- 14:13 – 15:59 Capricorn
- 15:59 – 17:32 Aquarius
- 17:32 – 19:02 Pisces
- 19:02 – 20:42 Aries
- 20:42 – 22:40 Taurus
- 22:40 – 00:53 next day Gemini
- 00:53 – 03:10 next day Cancer
- 03:10 – 05:22 next day Leo
- 05:22 – 05:38 next day Virgo
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