New York City panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 14:32 Ashwin 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
07:11 to 18:09- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 12:40 – 14:03
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:09
- 10:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 12:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:09 to 07:12 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 01:22 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:08 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:26
- Karana Vishti until 12:12, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 12:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:40 – 14:03
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:09
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. 05:27 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:09 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:11 – 06:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:08 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:11 – 08:34 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:34 – 09:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:56 – 11:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:18 – 12:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:40 – 14:03 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:03 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 16:47 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:09 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 18:09 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:25 | Good |
| Char | 21:25 – 23:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:03 – 00:41 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:41 – 02:19 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:19 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:35 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 05:35 – 07:12 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
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 07:10 Virgo
- 07:10 – 09:43 Libra
- 09:43 – 12:09 Scorpio
- 12:09 – 14:09 Sagittarius
- 14:09 – 15:40 Capricorn
- 15:40 – 16:53 Aquarius
- 16:53 – 18:03 Pisces
- 18:03 – 19:25 Aries
- 19:25 – 21:13 Taurus
- 21:13 – 23:31 Gemini
- 23:31 – 02:03 next day Cancer
- 02:03 – 04:35 next day Leo
- 04:35 – 07:06 next day Virgo
- 07:06 – 07:12 next day Libra
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