New York City panchang, 4 January 2025
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 16:40 Moonrise 10:29 Pausha 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
07:21 to 16:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:21 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 07:58 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:41 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:21
- 10:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 11:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 11:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:40 to 07:21 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:40 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:05 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 11:31
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 10:53 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:02
- Karana Balava until 11:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 11:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 11:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:05 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:38 – 21:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:58 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:41 – 10:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:21
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. 05:24 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:40 – 19:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:53 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:21 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:31 – 09:41 | Good |
| Rog | 09:41 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:51 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:21 – 15:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:31 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:31 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:21 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:51 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:41 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:31 – 07:21 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
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:00 Scorpio
- 06:00 – 08:01 Sagittarius
- 08:01 – 09:31 Capricorn
- 09:31 – 10:44 Aquarius
- 10:44 – 11:54 Pisces
- 11:54 – 13:16 Aries
- 13:16 – 15:04 Taurus
- 15:04 – 17:23 Gemini
- 17:23 – 19:55 Cancer
- 19:55 – 22:26 Leo
- 22:26 – 00:58 next day Virgo
- 00:58 – 03:30 next day Libra
- 03:30 – 05:56 next day Scorpio
- 05:56 – 07:21 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