New York City panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 19:02 Moonrise 05:58 Phalguna month
New York City, New York, United States · 40.71°, -74.01° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:07 to 19:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 10:05
- Yamaganda 11:35 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta 13:28 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:34 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:51 – 16:39
- 08:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:02 to 07:05 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:02 – 21:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:53 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 23:53
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 20:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 22:45
- Karana Gara until 12:07, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:28 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:51 – 16:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:53 – 11:29 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. 05:30 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:41 – 13:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:02 – 21:27
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:07 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:36 – 10:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:05 – 11:35 | Good |
| Rog | 11:35 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Char | 14:34 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:33 – 19:02 | Good |
| Char | 19:02 – 20:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:33 – 22:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:03 – 23:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:33 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:34 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:04 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:35 – 07:05 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
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 05:53 Capricorn
- 05:53 – 07:06 Aquarius
- 07:06 – 08:16 Pisces
- 08:16 – 09:38 Aries
- 09:38 – 11:26 Taurus
- 11:26 – 13:44 Gemini
- 13:44 – 16:16 Cancer
- 16:16 – 18:48 Leo
- 18:48 – 21:19 Virgo
- 21:19 – 23:52 Libra
- 23:52 – 02:18 next day Scorpio
- 02:18 – 04:19 next day Sagittarius
- 04:19 – 05:49 next day Capricorn
- 05:49 – 07:02 next day Aquarius
- 07:02 – 07:05 next day Pisces
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 EDT (UTC-4) · Method