New York City panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 16:29 Moonrise 20:01 Margashirsha month
New York City, New York, United States · 40.71°, -74.01° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 16:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:25 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:02
- 09:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 11:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
16:29 to 07:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:29 – 19:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 23:33
- Nakshatra Pushya until 14:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 09:03
- Karana Bava until 11:28, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 11:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:03 – 08:03 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:02
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. 05:18 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:29 – 19:26
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:25 – 09:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:34 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:02 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Char | 14:11 – 15:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:20 – 16:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 18:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:20 – 20:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:11 – 22:02 | Good |
| Char | 22:02 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:26 – 07:17 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
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:07 Scorpio
- 07:07 – 09:08 Sagittarius
- 09:08 – 10:38 Capricorn
- 10:38 – 11:51 Aquarius
- 11:51 – 13:01 Pisces
- 13:01 – 14:23 Aries
- 14:23 – 16:11 Taurus
- 16:11 – 18:29 Gemini
- 18:29 – 21:01 Cancer
- 21:01 – 23:33 Leo
- 23:33 – 02:04 next day Virgo
- 02:04 – 04:37 next day Libra
- 04:37 – 07:03 next day Scorpio
- 07:03 – 07:17 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 EST (UTC-5) · Method