New York City panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:28 Moonrise 11:38 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
07:15 to 16:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:24 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:10 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:51 – 13:00
- 12:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:28 to 07:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:28 – 19:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 12:16
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:00 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:51 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:16, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:42 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:00
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:16 – 22:43
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:43 – 00:42 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:51 – 01:49 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. 05:16 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:28 – 19:25
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:15 – 12:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:24 – 09:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:33 – 10:42 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:00 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:00 – 14:10 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:10 – 15:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:19 – 16:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:28 – 18:19 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:19 – 20:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:10 – 22:01 | Good |
| Char | 22:01 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:42 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:33 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:33 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:24 – 07:15 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
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 07:17 Scorpio
- 07:17 – 09:17 Sagittarius
- 09:17 – 10:48 Capricorn
- 10:48 – 12:01 Aquarius
- 12:01 – 13:11 Pisces
- 13:11 – 14:33 Aries
- 14:33 – 16:21 Taurus
- 16:21 – 18:39 Gemini
- 18:39 – 21:11 Cancer
- 21:11 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 02:14 next day Virgo
- 02:14 – 04:47 next day Libra
- 04:47 – 07:13 next day Scorpio
- 07:13 – 07:15 next day Sagittarius
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