New York City panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 20:09 Moonrise 09:07 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
05:35 to 20:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:03 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:42
- 12:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Moon enters Cancer
- 18:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
20:09 to 05:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:09 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:28 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:57
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 18:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 01:28 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:12, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Moon enters Cancer
- 18:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 22:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:28 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:40 – 07:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:42
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. 04:20 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:09 – 22:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:42 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:25 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:03 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:42 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:20 – 20:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:09 – 21:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:20 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 23:41 | Good |
| Char | 23:41 – 00:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:52 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:24 – 05:35 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
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:23 Aries
- 05:23 – 07:11 Taurus
- 07:11 – 09:29 Gemini
- 09:29 – 12:01 Cancer
- 12:01 – 14:33 Leo
- 14:33 – 17:04 Virgo
- 17:04 – 19:37 Libra
- 19:37 – 22:03 Scorpio
- 22:03 – 00:03 next day Sagittarius
- 00:03 – 01:34 next day Capricorn
- 01:34 – 02:47 next day Aquarius
- 02:47 – 03:57 next day Pisces
- 03:57 – 05:19 next day Aries
- 05:19 – 05:35 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