New York City panchang, 17 May 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 05:45 Jyeshtha (adhika) 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
05:38 to 20:07- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 12:52 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam 16:29 – 18:18
- Durmuhurta 18:11 – 19:09
- Rahu Kalam 18:18 – 20:07
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
20:07 to 05:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:11
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:02 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 16:29
- Karana Bava until 12:11, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 18:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:11 – 19:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:18 – 20:07
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. 04:22 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:23 – 13:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:07 – 22:01
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:38 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:26 – 09:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:15 – 11:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:04 – 12:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:52 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:41 – 16:29 | Good |
| Rog | 16:29 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 20:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:07 – 21:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:52 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:03 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:14 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:26 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:34 Aries
- 05:34 – 07:23 Taurus
- 07:23 – 09:41 Gemini
- 09:41 – 12:13 Cancer
- 12:13 – 14:45 Leo
- 14:45 – 17:16 Virgo
- 17:16 – 19:48 Libra
- 19:48 – 22:14 Scorpio
- 22:14 – 00:15 next day Sagittarius
- 00:15 – 01:45 next day Capricorn
- 01:45 – 02:58 next day Aquarius
- 02:58 – 04:08 next day Pisces
- 04:08 – 05:30 next day Aries
- 05:30 – 05:37 next day Taurus
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