New York City panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 19:39 Moonrise 07:58 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
06:10 to 19:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:51 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 11:14 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:28 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta 13:22 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:36 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta 16:03 – 16:57
- 06:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 08:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:45 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:39 to 06:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:39 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:01 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 03:30 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 18:45
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 06:41
- Karana Vanija until 08:19, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 08:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:01 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 03:30 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:22 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:03 – 16:57
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:01 – 05:25 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. 04:46 – 05:28
- 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 19:39 – 21:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:10 – 16:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:10 – 16:38
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:38 – 06:09 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:38 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:10 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:51 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:33 – 11:14 | Good |
| Rog | 11:14 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:55 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Char | 14:36 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:58 – 19:39 | Good |
| Char | 19:39 – 20:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:58 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:35 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:54 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:13 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:31 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:09 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
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 04:48 Aquarius
- 04:48 – 05:58 Pisces
- 05:58 – 07:20 Aries
- 07:20 – 09:09 Taurus
- 09:09 – 11:27 Gemini
- 11:27 – 13:59 Cancer
- 13:59 – 16:31 Leo
- 16:31 – 19:02 Virgo
- 19:02 – 21:35 Libra
- 21:35 – 00:00 next day Scorpio
- 00:00 – 02:01 next day Sagittarius
- 02:01 – 03:32 next day Capricorn
- 03:32 – 04:44 next day Aquarius
- 04:44 – 05:55 next day Pisces
- 05:55 – 06:09 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