Ranchi panchang, 18 December 2028
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 08:12 Pausha month
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India · 23.34°, 85.31° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:05- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:45 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:49
- Gulika Kalam 13:05 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:57
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:07 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:05 to 06:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:44 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:57 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 01:51 next day
- Karana Taitila until 18:28, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 18:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:51 – 05:27 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:25 – 06:57
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:57 – 01:35 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:35 – 06:26 next day
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 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:45
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:25 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:45 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:45 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Char | 13:05 – 14:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:25 – 15:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:45 – 17:05 | Good |
| Char | 17:05 – 18:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:45 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:25 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:05 – 23:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:45 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:45 – 06:26 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:17 Scorpio
- 06:17 – 08:23 Sagittarius
- 08:23 – 10:09 Capricorn
- 10:09 – 11:42 Aquarius
- 11:42 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 14:52 Aries
- 14:52 – 16:50 Taurus
- 16:50 – 19:04 Gemini
- 19:04 – 21:20 Cancer
- 21:20 – 23:32 Leo
- 23:32 – 01:43 next day Virgo
- 01:43 – 03:57 next day Libra
- 03:57 – 06:14 next day Scorpio
- 06:14 – 06:26 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