New York City panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 16:28 Moonrise 12:00 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
07:15 to 16:28- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam 09:33 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta 10:20 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam 13:01 – 14:10
- Durmuhurta 14:01 – 14:38
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:28 to 07:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:28 – 19:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:49 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:56
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 05:40 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 01:49 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:56, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:49 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:33 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:20 – 10:56
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:01 – 14:10
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:01 – 14:38
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. 05:17 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 – 19:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:40 – 07:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:15 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:24 – 09:33 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:33 – 10:43 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:43 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:01 – 14:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:10 – 15:19 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 15:19 – 16:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:28 – 18:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:19 – 20:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:10 – 22:01 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:01 – 23:52 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:43 – 03:34 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 03:34 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:25 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 07:13 Scorpio
- 07:13 – 09:13 Sagittarius
- 09:13 – 10:44 Capricorn
- 10:44 – 11:57 Aquarius
- 11:57 – 13:07 Pisces
- 13:07 – 14:29 Aries
- 14:29 – 16:17 Taurus
- 16:17 – 18:35 Gemini
- 18:35 – 21:07 Cancer
- 21:07 – 23:39 Leo
- 23:39 – 02:10 next day Virgo
- 02:10 – 04:43 next day Libra
- 04:43 – 07:09 next day Scorpio
- 07:09 – 07:16 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