New York City panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 16:48 Moonrise 02:04 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
07:20 to 16:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:31 – 09:42
- Yamaganda 10:53 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:15 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 14:55
- 07:42 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 15:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:48 to 07:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:48 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:51 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 04:48 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 10:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 07:42
- Karana Vanija until 15:30, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:42 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 15:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:51 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:42 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 14:55
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 16:50 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:41 – 17:59
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) 11:45 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:48 – 19:43
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:31 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:42 – 10:53 | Good |
| Rog | 10:53 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Char | 13:15 – 14:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:26 – 15:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:37 – 16:48 | Good |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:37 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:26 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:53 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:42 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:31 – 07:19 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 05:30 Scorpio
- 05:30 – 07:30 Sagittarius
- 07:30 – 09:01 Capricorn
- 09:01 – 10:14 Aquarius
- 10:14 – 11:24 Pisces
- 11:24 – 12:46 Aries
- 12:46 – 14:34 Taurus
- 14:34 – 16:52 Gemini
- 16:52 – 19:24 Cancer
- 19:24 – 21:56 Leo
- 21:56 – 00:27 next day Virgo
- 00:27 – 03:00 next day Libra
- 03:00 – 05:26 next day Scorpio
- 05:26 – 07:19 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