New York City panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 16:57 Moonrise 08:30 Magha 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
07:16 to 16:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 09:51
- Yamaganda 09:41 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:26
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:32 – 15:45
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:57 to 07:16 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 16:13
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 03:28 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:31
- Karana Kaulava until 16:13, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 09:51
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:31 – 08:28 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:41 – 10:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:45
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:16 – 03:28 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:28 – 07:16 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. 05:22 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:57 – 19:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:13 – 07:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:28 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:16 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:29 – 09:41 | Bad |
| Char | 09:41 – 10:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:54 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:32 – 15:45 | Good |
| Rog | 15:45 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:45 – 20:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:32 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:19 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:54 – 03:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:41 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:28 – 07:16 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
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:16 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 06:59 Sagittarius
- 06:59 – 08:29 Capricorn
- 08:29 – 09:42 Aquarius
- 09:42 – 10:52 Pisces
- 10:52 – 12:14 Aries
- 12:14 – 14:03 Taurus
- 14:03 – 16:21 Gemini
- 16:21 – 18:53 Cancer
- 18:53 – 21:25 Leo
- 21:25 – 23:56 Virgo
- 23:56 – 02:28 next day Libra
- 02:28 – 04:54 next day Scorpio
- 04:54 – 06:55 next day Sagittarius
- 06:55 – 07:16 next day Capricorn
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