New York City panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 05:59 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
06:15 to 19:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:55 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:48
- Rahu Kalam 11:15 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:29 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta 13:22 – 14:15
- Yamaganda 16:16 – 17:56
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:36 to 06:13 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:51
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 18:15
- Karana Naga until 07:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:15 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:22 – 14:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:56
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. 04:50 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:29 – 13:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:36 – 21:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:15 – 00:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:51 – 04:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:15 – 07:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:55 – 09:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:35 – 11:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:15 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:55 – 14:36 | Good |
| Rog | 14:36 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:16 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Char | 17:56 – 19:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:36 – 20:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:56 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 23:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:35 – 00:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:55 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:14 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:34 – 04:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:54 – 06:13 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
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:00 Aquarius
- 05:00 – 06:10 Pisces
- 06:10 – 07:32 Aries
- 07:32 – 09:21 Taurus
- 09:21 – 11:39 Gemini
- 11:39 – 14:11 Cancer
- 14:11 – 16:42 Leo
- 16:42 – 19:14 Virgo
- 19:14 – 21:46 Libra
- 21:46 – 00:12 next day Scorpio
- 00:12 – 02:13 next day Sagittarius
- 02:13 – 03:43 next day Capricorn
- 03:43 – 04:56 next day Aquarius
- 04:56 – 06:06 next day Pisces
- 06:06 – 06:13 next day Aries
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