New York City panchang, 18 May 2025
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 20:08 Moonrise 00:56 Vaishakha month
New York City, New York, United States · 40.71°, -74.01° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 20:08- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 12:52 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam 16:30 – 18:19
- Durmuhurta 18:12 – 19:10
- Rahu Kalam 18:19 – 20:08
- 08:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
20:08 to 05:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:08 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:42 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 20:42
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 09:22 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 20:22
- Karana Gara until 08:39, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:12 – 19:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:19 – 20:08
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 03:24 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:22 – 04:26 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. 04:21 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:23 – 13:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:08 – 22:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:37 – 09:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:22 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:37 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:26 – 09:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:15 – 11:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:03 – 12:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:52 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:41 – 16:30 | Good |
| Rog | 16:30 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 20:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:52 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:03 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:14 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:25 – 05:36 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
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:29 Aries
- 05:29 – 07:18 Taurus
- 07:18 – 09:36 Gemini
- 09:36 – 12:08 Cancer
- 12:08 – 14:40 Leo
- 14:40 – 17:11 Virgo
- 17:11 – 19:44 Libra
- 19:44 – 22:09 Scorpio
- 22:09 – 00:10 next day Sagittarius
- 00:10 – 01:41 next day Capricorn
- 01:41 – 02:53 next day Aquarius
- 02:53 – 04:03 next day Pisces
- 04:03 – 05:25 next day Aries
- 05:25 – 05:36 next day Taurus
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 EDT (UTC-4) · Method