New York City panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 19:45 Moonrise 14:51 Shravana 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
06:12 to 19:45- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:12 – 07:54
- Gulika Kalam 09:35 – 11:17
- Durmuhurta 10:43 – 11:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam 14:40 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta 16:08 – 17:02
- 11:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:55 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
19:45 to 06:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:45 – 21:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:23 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 18:55
- Karana Bava until 11:48, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:55 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 07:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 11:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:43 – 11:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:08 – 17:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:55 – 19:48 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. 04:49 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:31 – 13:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:45 – 21:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 02:23 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:23 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:12 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:54 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:35 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Char | 11:17 – 12:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:59 – 14:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:40 – 16:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:22 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:03 – 19:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:45 – 21:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:04 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:41 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:59 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:18 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:36 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:55 – 06:13 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSun
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:59 Cancer
- 05:59 – 08:31 Leo
- 08:31 – 11:02 Virgo
- 11:02 – 13:35 Libra
- 13:35 – 16:01 Scorpio
- 16:01 – 18:01 Sagittarius
- 18:01 – 19:32 Capricorn
- 19:32 – 20:45 Aquarius
- 20:45 – 21:55 Pisces
- 21:55 – 23:17 Aries
- 23:17 – 01:05 next day Taurus
- 01:05 – 03:23 next day Gemini
- 03:23 – 05:55 next day Cancer
- 05:55 – 06:13 next day Leo
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