New York City panchang, 21 February 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 08:30 Phalguna 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
06:42 to 17:36- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:42 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 07:26 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:31 – 14:53
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 08:37 Moon enters Aries
- 13:37 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:36 to 06:41 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 00:40 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 08:37 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 02:38 next day
- Karana Bava until 13:37, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:37 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 08:37 Moon enters Aries
- 13:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:26 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 14:53
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:42 – 08:37
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. 04:57 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:42 – 08:37
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:42 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:04 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:31 – 14:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:53 – 16:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:15 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:36 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:14 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:53 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:25 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:03 – 06:41 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
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:24 Capricorn
- 06:24 – 07:36 Aquarius
- 07:36 – 08:47 Pisces
- 08:47 – 10:08 Aries
- 10:08 – 11:57 Taurus
- 11:57 – 14:15 Gemini
- 14:15 – 16:47 Cancer
- 16:47 – 19:19 Leo
- 19:19 – 21:50 Virgo
- 21:50 – 00:23 next day Libra
- 00:23 – 02:48 next day Scorpio
- 02:48 – 04:49 next day Sagittarius
- 04:49 – 06:20 next day Capricorn
- 06:20 – 06:41 next day Aquarius
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