New York City panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 19:40 Moonrise 08:59 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
06:09 to 19:40- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:45
- Yamaganda 09:32 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 12:55 – 14:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:17 – 17:59
- 14:28 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 15:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:40 to 06:08 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:40 – 21:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 15:50
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 14:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 23:38
- Karana Balava until 15:50, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:28 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 15:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:32 – 11:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:59
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. 04:45 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:27 – 13:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:40 – 21:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:28 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:09 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:50 – 09:32 | Bad |
| Char | 09:32 – 11:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:13 – 12:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:55 – 14:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:36 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:17 – 17:59 | Good |
| Rog | 17:59 – 19:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:40 – 20:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:35 – 00:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:54 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:12 – 03:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:31 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:49 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:39 NowMoon
- 11:47 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:55 Pisces
- 05:55 – 07:17 Aries
- 07:17 – 09:05 Taurus
- 09:05 – 11:23 Gemini
- 11:23 – 13:55 Cancer
- 13:55 – 16:27 Leo
- 16:27 – 18:58 Virgo
- 18:58 – 21:31 Libra
- 21:31 – 23:57 Scorpio
- 23:57 – 01:57 next day Sagittarius
- 01:57 – 03:28 next day Capricorn
- 03:28 – 04:41 next day Aquarius
- 04:41 – 05:51 next day Pisces
- 05:51 – 06:08 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