Ranchi panchang, 17 December 2028
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 07:24 Pausha 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 17:05- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 11:44 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 14:25 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta 15:39 – 16:22
- Rahu Kalam 15:45 – 17:05
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:41 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:05 to 06:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 06:41
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:39 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 02:52 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:41, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:39 – 16:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:45 – 17:05
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:32 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:30 – 12:35
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. 04:38 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 06:39
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:24 – 06:39
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:24 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:44 – 09:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:04 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:25 | Good |
| Rog | 14:25 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:45 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:05 – 18:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:45 – 20:25 | Good |
| Char | 20:25 – 22:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:05 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:45 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:45 – 06:25 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 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:21 Scorpio
- 06:21 – 08:27 Sagittarius
- 08:27 – 10:13 Capricorn
- 10:13 – 11:46 Aquarius
- 11:46 – 13:16 Pisces
- 13:16 – 14:56 Aries
- 14:56 – 16:54 Taurus
- 16:54 – 19:07 Gemini
- 19:07 – 21:24 Cancer
- 21:24 – 23:36 Leo
- 23:36 – 01:47 next day Virgo
- 01:47 – 04:01 next day Libra
- 04:01 – 06:17 next day Scorpio
- 06:17 – 06:25 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