New York City panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 19:56 Moonrise 05:44 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
06:04 to 19:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam 11:16 – 13:00
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:32 – 13:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:00 – 14:44
- 13:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
19:56 to 06:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:56 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:36 Moon enters Leo
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:46 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:36
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 20:36 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 02:46 next day
- Karana Naga until 13:36, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:36 Moon enters Leo
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:46 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:21 – 05:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 13:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:00 – 14:44
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:46 – 13:22 next day
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. 04:43 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:32 – 13:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:56 – 21:58
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:04 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:32 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:16 – 13:00 | Good |
| Rog | 13:00 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 18:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:12 – 19:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:12 – 22:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:28 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 01:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:01 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:17 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:49 – 06:05 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
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:31 Cancer
- 06:31 – 09:02 Leo
- 09:02 – 11:34 Virgo
- 11:34 – 14:06 Libra
- 14:06 – 16:32 Scorpio
- 16:32 – 18:33 Sagittarius
- 18:33 – 20:03 Capricorn
- 20:03 – 21:16 Aquarius
- 21:16 – 22:26 Pisces
- 22:26 – 23:48 Aries
- 23:48 – 01:37 next day Taurus
- 01:37 – 03:55 next day Gemini
- 03:55 – 06:05 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