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Yamagandam, Rahu Kaal and Gulika today in Ranchi
10:07 AM – 11:33 AM
The rest of the day is clear of it
Next: Tue 27 Oct, 8:42 AM – 10:07 AM
Yamagandam in Ranchi was from 10:07 AM to 11:33 AM today. It is already over.
Rahu Kaal
7:16 AM – 8:42 AM
Over
Gulika Kaal
12:58 PM – 2:24 PM
Over
Sunrise 5:51 AM · Sunset 5:15 PM · Purnima tithi · Ashwini nakshatra
All times are local to Ranchi, computed for Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30).
| Period | Time | Nature | Traditionally read as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yamaganda Kaal | 10:07 AM - 11:33 AM | Inauspicious | Usually avoided for journeys, ceremonies and important new starts. |
| Rahu Kaal | 7:16 AM - 8:42 AM | Inauspicious | Avoid beginning important work. Work already under way can continue. |
| Gulika Kaal | 12:58 PM - 2:24 PM | Mixed | Use extra care with new commitments; traditions treat this as a caution period. |
| Abhijit Muhurat | 11:10 AM - 11:55 AM | Auspicious | A broadly favourable midday window for important work when a detailed muhurta is unavailable. |
- Against New Delhi. Sunrise in Ranchi today is at 5:51 AM, 38 minutes earlier than New Delhi (6:29 AM); sunset is at 5:15 PM, 26 minutes earlier than New Delhi (5:41 PM). Longitude: Ranchi lies 8.1° east of Delhi, so local noon comes 32 minutes sooner (11:33 AM against 12:05 PM). Latitude: Ranchi lies 5.3° south of Delhi, and from the September equinox to the March one, days run longer the further south you go; today's daylight here is 11 minutes longer (11 hours 24 minutes against 11 hours 13 minutes), which pulls sunrise earlier and pushes sunset later by about 6 minutes each. Today's Yamaganda Kaal here is 10:07 AM–11:33 AM; New Delhi's is 10:41 AM–12:05 PM. A Delhi table would put Yamaganda Kaal 32–34 minutes too late here today; use this page's own times.
- How long Yamaganda Kaal lasts. It is one eighth of the daylight, so 1 hour 26 minutes today. Through 2026 it runs from 1 hour 20 minutes (around 21 December) to 1 hour 42 minutes (around 21 June).
- Local noon. Midway between sunrise and sunset, Ranchi's noon falls at 11:33 AM today, 27 minutes before 12:00 on the clock. Ranchi lies 2.8° east of the 82.5° E meridian its clock keeps, which makes noon 11 minutes early; the time of year (the equation of time) takes off 16 minutes today. Abhijit Muhurat is centred on this moment, not on twelve o'clock.
- Day length. Ranchi has 11 hours 24 minutes of daylight today, against 11 hours 33 minutes a week ago and 11 hours 16 minutes a week from now: the days here are getting shorter by about 9 minutes a week, and will until the shortest day, around 21 December. In 2026 the longest day is 13 hours 35 minutes (around 21 June) and the shortest 10 hours 42 minutes (around 21 December), a swing of 2 hours 52 minutes, less than New Delhi's 3 hours 39 minutes.
- The year's extremes. The earliest sunrise of 2026 is 5:02 AM (around 7 June) and the latest 6:32 AM (around 15 January); the earliest sunset is 5:02 PM (around 28 November) and the latest 6:39 PM (around 3 July). None falls on a solstice: the Sun's clock time drifts through the year, so the latest mornings come weeks after the shortest day.
- The overhead Sun. Ranchi lies 23.3° north of the equator, south of the Tropic of Cancer, so the noon Sun stands directly overhead twice a year: around 16 June and 26 June in 2026. On those two days an upright pole casts almost no shadow at local noon.
- The calendar here. Jharkhand counts its lunar months from full moon to full moon (purnimanta), so today is Ashwin Purnima.
- Nearest cities. Jamshedpur (109 km south-east) — sunrise 5 minutes earlier; Patna (251 km north) — sunrise 3 minutes later.
Yamaganda Kaal is one eighth of the daylight, fixed by the weekday and measured from your local sunrise — so it falls at a different clock time in every city and moves a little every day. Rahu Kaal and Gulika are the same construction on different segments.
Everything above comes from the same computation behind today's full Panchang, using Swiss Ephemeris positions and your city's actual coordinates rather than a national average.
For what these periods mean and how they are traditionally used — including their limits — read the Yamagandam guide. For choosing a time deliberately, see how muhurta is actually chosen.
The slow transits work on a different scale entirely — Saturn and Jupiter change sign in years rather than in hours. Shani Gochar, Guru Gochar, Rahu Ketu Gochar, Sade Sati, Mercury retrograde.
Timing guidance here is a framework for planning, not medical, legal or financial advice. Never delay medical care for a timing window.
Yamagandam questions, answered
What time does Yamagandam start in Ranchi today?
The table above starts at sunrise in Ranchi, which is 5:51 AM today. Every window on this page is measured from that sunrise, so the first period begins there rather than at midnight.
Why is Yamagandam different in Ranchi than in Delhi?
Because the periods are divisions of the time between Ranchi's own sunrise and sunset, not a national table. Sunrise differs across India by well over an hour, so a time computed for Delhi is wrong in Ranchi by a meaningful margin.
How many Yamagandam periods are there?
4 are listed above for Ranchi — the full set covering the daylight period this tool divides.
Delhi and every major city on one page: Yamagandam today.
These windows are derived from local sunrise, so they differ by city. A time computed for Delhi is wrong in Chennai by a meaningful margin.
For everything else about today in Ranchi — tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and the full set of muhurta windows — open the full Panchang for Ranchi.
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