New York City panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 06:42 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
05:37 to 20:07- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:26 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 11:03 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta 13:21 – 14:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:41 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:15 – 17:13
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 12:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:07 to 05:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 08:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 12:17
- Karana Kaulava until 08:23, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 12:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:21 – 14:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:15 – 17:13
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. 04:21 – 04:59
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:37 – 23:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:37 – 23:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:11 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:37 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:26 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 11:03 | Good |
| Rog | 11:03 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:52 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Char | 14:41 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 20:07 | Good |
| Char | 20:07 – 21:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:19 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:30 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:52 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:03 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:14 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:25 – 05:36 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
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:30 Aries
- 05:30 – 07:19 Taurus
- 07:19 – 09:37 Gemini
- 09:37 – 12:09 Cancer
- 12:09 – 14:41 Leo
- 14:41 – 17:12 Virgo
- 17:12 – 19:45 Libra
- 19:45 – 22:10 Scorpio
- 22:10 – 00:11 next day Sagittarius
- 00:11 – 01:41 next day Capricorn
- 01:41 – 02:54 next day Aquarius
- 02:54 – 04:04 next day Pisces
- 04:04 – 05:26 next day Aries
- 05:26 – 05:36 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