Ranchi panchang, 16 December 2028
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:04 Moonrise 06:29 Margashirsha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:04- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:24 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta 06:24 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta 07:07 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:05
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:24
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:04 to 06:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:04 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:36
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 04:23 next day
- Karana Naga until 07:36, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:21 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:24 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:24 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:07 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:24
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. 04:37 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:04 – 19:44
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:24 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:44 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:24 – 15:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:44 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:44 – 20:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:24 – 22:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:04 – 23:44 | Good |
| Char | 23:44 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:44 – 06:24 next day | Good |
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
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 06:25 Scorpio
- 06:25 – 08:30 Sagittarius
- 08:30 – 10:17 Capricorn
- 10:17 – 11:49 Aquarius
- 11:49 – 13:20 Pisces
- 13:20 – 15:00 Aries
- 15:00 – 16:58 Taurus
- 16:58 – 19:11 Gemini
- 19:11 – 21:28 Cancer
- 21:28 – 23:40 Leo
- 23:40 – 01:51 next day Virgo
- 01:51 – 04:05 next day Libra
- 04:05 – 06:21 next day Scorpio
- 06:21 – 06:24 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