New York City panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 16:29 Moonrise 12:22 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
07:16 to 16:29- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:25 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta 09:06 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:47
- Yamaganda 14:10 – 15:20
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:29 to 07:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:29 – 19:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:28 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 12:44
- Nakshatra Revati until 05:28 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 00:05 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:44, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:28 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:06 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:43 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:47
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:10 – 15:20
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:05 – 10:52 next day
- Visha yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 12:44 – 05:28 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. 05:17 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:29 – 19:26
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Narada, quoted in Muhurta Chintamani 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:16 – 12:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:16 – 05:28 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 07:16 – 07:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:28 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:16 – 08:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:25 – 09:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:34 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 11:52 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:01 | Good |
| Rog | 13:01 – 14:10 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:10 – 15:20 | Avoid |
| Char | 15:20 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:29 – 18:20 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:20 – 20:11 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:11 – 22:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:02 – 23:52 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:34 – 05:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:25 – 07:16 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
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 07:09 Scorpio
- 07:09 – 09:10 Sagittarius
- 09:10 – 10:40 Capricorn
- 10:40 – 11:53 Aquarius
- 11:53 – 13:03 Pisces
- 13:03 – 14:25 Aries
- 14:25 – 16:13 Taurus
- 16:13 – 18:31 Gemini
- 18:31 – 21:03 Cancer
- 21:03 – 23:35 Leo
- 23:35 – 02:06 next day Virgo
- 02:06 – 04:39 next day Libra
- 04:39 – 07:05 next day Scorpio
- 07:05 – 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