New York City panchang, 20 September 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 16:01 Bhadrapada month
New York City, New York, United States · 40.71°, -74.01° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 18:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:24 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 12:49 – 14:20
- Gulika Kalam 15:52 – 17:23
- Durmuhurta 17:17 – 18:06
- Rahu Kalam 17:23 – 18:55
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:22 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:55 to 06:43 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 21:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:45 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 06:35 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:22
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 19:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:35 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:22, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 21:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:45 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 06:35 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:49 – 14:20
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:52 – 17:23
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 17:17 – 18:06
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 17:23 – 18:55
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:35 – 08:59 next day
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. 05:08 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:24 – 13:13
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:55 – 21:16
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:42 – 06:43 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:04 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:42 – 08:14 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:14 – 09:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:45 – 11:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:17 – 12:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:49 – 14:20 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:20 – 15:52 | Good |
| Rog | 15:52 – 17:23 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 17:23 – 18:55 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 18:55 – 20:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:23 – 21:52 | Good |
| Char | 21:52 – 23:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:20 – 00:49 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:49 – 02:18 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:18 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:46 – 05:15 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 05:15 – 06:43 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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 06:29 Leo
- 06:29 – 09:00 Virgo
- 09:00 – 11:33 Libra
- 11:33 – 13:59 Scorpio
- 13:59 – 15:59 Sagittarius
- 15:59 – 17:30 Capricorn
- 17:30 – 18:43 Aquarius
- 18:43 – 19:53 Pisces
- 19:53 – 21:15 Aries
- 21:15 – 23:03 Taurus
- 23:03 – 01:21 next day Gemini
- 01:21 – 03:53 next day Cancer
- 03:53 – 06:25 next day Leo
- 06:25 – 06:43 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