New York City panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 19:37 Moonrise 06:30 Vaishakha 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
06:13 to 19:37- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:13 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 06:13 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta 07:07 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam 09:34 – 11:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:28 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 14:36 – 16:16
- 14:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:37 to 06:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:37 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:01 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 01:19 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:40 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 14:26
- Karana Balava until 15:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:01 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:13 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:13 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:07 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 11:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 16:16
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. 04:48 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:28 – 13:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:37 – 21:44
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:13 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:54 – 09:34 | Good |
| Rog | 09:34 – 11:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:15 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Char | 12:55 – 14:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:36 – 16:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:16 – 17:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:56 – 19:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:37 – 20:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:56 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:16 – 23:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:35 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:54 – 02:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:14 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:33 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:12 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
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 04:56 Aquarius
- 04:56 – 06:06 Pisces
- 06:06 – 07:28 Aries
- 07:28 – 09:17 Taurus
- 09:17 – 11:35 Gemini
- 11:35 – 14:07 Cancer
- 14:07 – 16:39 Leo
- 16:39 – 19:10 Virgo
- 19:10 – 21:42 Libra
- 21:42 – 00:08 next day Scorpio
- 00:08 – 02:09 next day Sagittarius
- 02:09 – 03:39 next day Capricorn
- 03:39 – 04:52 next day Aquarius
- 04:52 – 06:02 next day Pisces
- 06:02 – 06:12 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