New York City panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 14:33 Bhadrapada 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
06:40 to 18:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:13 – 09:45
- Durmuhurta 09:08 – 09:57
- Rahu Kalam 11:17 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta 13:14 – 14:03
- Yamaganda 15:54 – 17:26
- 13:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 13:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:58 to 06:41 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 05:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 05:57 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 13:14 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 04:59 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:43, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 13:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 05:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:45
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:08 – 09:57
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:17 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 13:14 – 14:03
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:54 – 17:26
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:40 – 13:14
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:07 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:25 – 13:14
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:58 – 21:19
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:13 – 09:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:45 – 11:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:17 – 12:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:49 – 14:21 | Good |
| Rog | 14:21 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:54 – 17:26 | Bad |
| Char | 17:26 – 18:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:58 – 20:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:26 – 21:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:54 – 23:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:22 – 00:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:50 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:18 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:46 – 05:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:13 – 06:41 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:37 Leo
- 06:37 – 09:08 Virgo
- 09:08 – 11:41 Libra
- 11:41 – 14:07 Scorpio
- 14:07 – 16:07 Sagittarius
- 16:07 – 17:38 Capricorn
- 17:38 – 18:51 Aquarius
- 18:51 – 20:01 Pisces
- 20:01 – 21:23 Aries
- 21:23 – 23:11 Taurus
- 23:11 – 01:29 next day Gemini
- 01:29 – 04:01 next day Cancer
- 04:01 – 06:33 next day Leo
- 06:33 – 06:41 next day Virgo
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