New York City panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 16:59 Moonrise 08:54 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 16:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:20
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 16:17 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:59 to 07:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:59 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:07 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 16:17
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 03:57 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 08:28
- Karana Gara until 16:17, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 16:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:07 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:20
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:11 – 15:58 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:07 – 18:18 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. 05:21 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:59 – 19:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:16 – 03:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:28 – 09:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:41 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Char | 14:33 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 16:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:59 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:33 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:41 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:28 – 07:15 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 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 06:55 Sagittarius
- 06:55 – 08:25 Capricorn
- 08:25 – 09:38 Aquarius
- 09:38 – 10:48 Pisces
- 10:48 – 12:10 Aries
- 12:10 – 13:59 Taurus
- 13:59 – 16:17 Gemini
- 16:17 – 18:49 Cancer
- 18:49 – 21:21 Leo
- 21:21 – 23:52 Virgo
- 23:52 – 02:25 next day Libra
- 02:25 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
- 04:50 – 06:51 next day Sagittarius
- 06:51 – 07:15 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