New York City panchang, 20 December 2025
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 16:30 Moonrise 08:08 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
07:17 to 16:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:17 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta 07:17 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam 09:35 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 13:02 – 14:11
- 09:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
16:30 to 07:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:30 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 22:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:05 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 22:41
- Nakshatra Mula until 14:51 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 06:05 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 09:44, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 22:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 22:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:05 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:17 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 10:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:02 – 14:11
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. 05:19 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:30 – 19:27
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:17 – 08:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:26 – 09:35 | Good |
| Rog | 09:35 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:02 – 14:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:11 – 15:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:21 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:30 – 18:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:21 – 20:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:12 – 22:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:03 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:45 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:36 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:27 – 07:18 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
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:00 Scorpio
- 07:00 – 09:01 Sagittarius
- 09:01 – 10:31 Capricorn
- 10:31 – 11:44 Aquarius
- 11:44 – 12:54 Pisces
- 12:54 – 14:16 Aries
- 14:16 – 16:04 Taurus
- 16:04 – 18:23 Gemini
- 18:23 – 20:55 Cancer
- 20:55 – 23:26 Leo
- 23:26 – 01:58 next day Virgo
- 01:58 – 04:30 next day Libra
- 04:30 – 06:56 next day Scorpio
- 06:56 – 07:18 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