New York City panchang, 8 January 2026
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 22:55 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 16:44- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:21 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:42 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta 10:29 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:23
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:51
- 08:09 Moon enters Virgo
- 08:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:44 to 07:21 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 20:35
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 03:10 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:25 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:13, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:09 Moon enters Virgo
- 08:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:29 – 11:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:51
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:25 – 08:49 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:21 – 03:10 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. 05:24 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:21 – 03:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:21 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:31 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:42 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Char | 10:52 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:23 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:34 – 16:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:44 – 18:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:34 – 20:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:23 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:52 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:41 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 05:45 Scorpio
- 05:45 – 07:46 Sagittarius
- 07:46 – 09:17 Capricorn
- 09:17 – 10:29 Aquarius
- 10:29 – 11:40 Pisces
- 11:40 – 13:01 Aries
- 13:01 – 14:50 Taurus
- 14:50 – 17:08 Gemini
- 17:08 – 19:40 Cancer
- 19:40 – 22:12 Leo
- 22:12 – 00:43 next day Virgo
- 00:43 – 03:16 next day Libra
- 03:16 – 05:41 next day Scorpio
- 05:41 – 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