Ranchi panchang, 18 October 2028
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 05:46 Ashwin month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 17:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:07 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta 11:10 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:10 – 11:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:33 – 13:00
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:19 to 05:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:26
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 01:26 next day
- Karana Naga until 08:26, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:38 – 05:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:27 – 06:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:07 – 11:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:10 – 11:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:00
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. 04:08 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:10 – 11:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 19:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:01 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:48 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:40 – 10:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:07 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:00 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Char | 14:26 – 15:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:52 – 17:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:19 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:52 – 20:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:26 – 22:00 | Good |
| Char | 22:00 – 23:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:33 – 01:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:07 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:41 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:14 – 05:48 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
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:46 Virgo
- 05:46 – 08:01 Libra
- 08:01 – 10:17 Scorpio
- 10:17 – 12:22 Sagittarius
- 12:22 – 14:09 Capricorn
- 14:09 – 15:41 Aquarius
- 15:41 – 17:12 Pisces
- 17:12 – 18:52 Aries
- 18:52 – 20:50 Taurus
- 20:50 – 23:03 Gemini
- 23:03 – 01:20 next day Cancer
- 01:20 – 03:32 next day Leo
- 03:32 – 05:43 next day Virgo
- 05:43 – 05:48 next day Libra
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