New York City panchang, 2 January 2026
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 16:38 Moonrise 15:41 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 16:38- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:31 – 09:40
- Durmuhurta 09:13 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:50 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:19 – 15:29
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:34 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
16:38 to 07:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:38 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 05:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 08:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 09:34 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 22:35
- Karana Vanija until 08:23, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:34 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 05:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:13 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 12:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:19 – 15:29
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. 05:23 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:38 – 19:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:21 – 09:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:02 – 07:21 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:58 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:21 – 08:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:31 – 09:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:40 – 10:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:50 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:09 | Good |
| Rog | 13:09 – 14:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:19 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Char | 15:29 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:38 – 18:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:29 – 20:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:19 – 22:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:09 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:50 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:40 – 05:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:31 – 07:21 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
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:09 Scorpio
- 06:09 – 08:10 Sagittarius
- 08:10 – 09:40 Capricorn
- 09:40 – 10:53 Aquarius
- 10:53 – 12:03 Pisces
- 12:03 – 13:25 Aries
- 13:25 – 15:13 Taurus
- 15:13 – 17:31 Gemini
- 17:31 – 20:03 Cancer
- 20:03 – 22:35 Leo
- 22:35 – 01:06 next day Virgo
- 01:06 – 03:39 next day Libra
- 03:39 – 06:05 next day Scorpio
- 06:05 – 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