New York City panchang, 8 August 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 00:51 Ashadha 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
06:00 to 20:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:00 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam 09:31 – 11:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:33 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:31
- 07:21 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:19 Moon enters Gemini
Night
20:01 to 06:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:01 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:08 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 01:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 01:35 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:21 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 20:08
- Karana Bava until 15:04, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:21 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:19 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:08 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 01:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:31 – 11:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:31
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 06:00 – 07:21
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. 04:41 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:33 – 13:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:01 – 22:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:00 – 07:21
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:00 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:45 – 09:31 | Good |
| Rog | 09:31 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:16 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Char | 13:01 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 18:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:16 – 20:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:01 – 21:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:16 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:31 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:01 – 02:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:16 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:31 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:46 – 06:01 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
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:46 Cancer
- 06:46 – 09:18 Leo
- 09:18 – 11:49 Virgo
- 11:49 – 14:22 Libra
- 14:22 – 16:48 Scorpio
- 16:48 – 18:49 Sagittarius
- 18:49 – 20:19 Capricorn
- 20:19 – 21:32 Aquarius
- 21:32 – 22:42 Pisces
- 22:42 – 00:04 next day Aries
- 00:04 – 01:52 next day Taurus
- 01:52 – 04:10 next day Gemini
- 04:10 – 06:01 next day Cancer
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