New York City panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 19:07 Moonrise 07:33 Chaitra 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
07:00 to 19:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:31 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta 09:25 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam 11:32 – 13:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 13:27 – 14:16
- Yamaganda 16:05 – 17:36
- 12:45 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:57 Moon enters Aries
- 17:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:07 to 06:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:07 – 21:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:57 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 12:45
- Karana Kaulava until 17:01, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:45 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:57 Moon enters Aries
- 17:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 10:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:25 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:32 – 13:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:27 – 14:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:05 – 17:36
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. 05:25 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:39 – 13:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:07 – 21:29
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:00 – 16:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:00 – 16:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:57 – 06:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:00 – 08:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:31 – 10:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:02 – 11:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:32 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:03 – 14:34 | Good |
| Rog | 14:34 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:05 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Char | 17:36 – 19:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:07 – 20:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:35 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:04 – 23:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:33 – 01:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:02 – 02:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:31 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:00 – 05:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:29 – 06:58 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
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 05:37 Capricorn
- 05:37 – 06:50 Aquarius
- 06:50 – 08:00 Pisces
- 08:00 – 09:22 Aries
- 09:22 – 11:11 Taurus
- 11:11 – 13:29 Gemini
- 13:29 – 16:01 Cancer
- 16:01 – 18:33 Leo
- 18:33 – 21:04 Virgo
- 21:04 – 23:36 Libra
- 23:36 – 02:02 next day Scorpio
- 02:02 – 04:03 next day Sagittarius
- 04:03 – 05:33 next day Capricorn
- 05:33 – 06:46 next day Aquarius
- 06:46 – 06:58 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