New York City panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 16:27 Moonrise 08:00 Margashirsha month
New York City, New York, United States · 40.71°, -74.01° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 16:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:19 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 12:58
- 09:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
16:27 to 07:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:27 – 19:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 22:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 22:16
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 10:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 22:54
- Karana Kimstughna until 09:02, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 22:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:38 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:48 – 12:58
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:54 – 01:18 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. 05:11 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:27 – 19:23
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:16 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:09 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:19 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:38 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 12:58 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:58 – 14:07 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:07 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 18:17 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:17 – 20:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:58 | Good |
| Char | 21:58 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:39 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:29 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:29 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:20 – 07:10 next day | Avoid |
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
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:19 Libra
- 05:19 – 07:44 Scorpio
- 07:44 – 09:45 Sagittarius
- 09:45 – 11:15 Capricorn
- 11:15 – 12:28 Aquarius
- 12:28 – 13:38 Pisces
- 13:38 – 15:00 Aries
- 15:00 – 16:49 Taurus
- 16:49 – 19:07 Gemini
- 19:07 – 21:39 Cancer
- 21:39 – 00:11 next day Leo
- 00:11 – 02:42 next day Virgo
- 02:42 – 05:15 next day Libra
- 05:15 – 07:10 next day Scorpio
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 EST (UTC-5) · Method