New York City panchang, 20 December 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 16:29 Moonrise 13:20 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
07:17 to 16:29- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 11:53 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 14:11 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 15:53
- Rahu Kalam 15:20 – 16:29
- 09:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:45 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:29 to 07:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:29 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 09:45
- Nakshatra Bharani until 02:39 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 18:37
- Karana Vishti until 09:45, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:11 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 15:53
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:29
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 07:17 – 02:39 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. 05:19 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:29 – 19:27
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:17 – 08:26 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:26 – 09:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:35 – 10:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:44 – 11:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:53 – 13:02 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:02 – 14:11 | Good |
| Rog | 14:11 – 15:20 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:20 – 16:29 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:29 – 18:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:20 – 20:11 | Good |
| Char | 20:11 – 22:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:02 – 23:53 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:44 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:44 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 05:26 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 05:26 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:49 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:01 Scorpio
- 07:01 – 09:02 Sagittarius
- 09:02 – 10:32 Capricorn
- 10:32 – 11:45 Aquarius
- 11:45 – 12:55 Pisces
- 12:55 – 14:17 Aries
- 14:17 – 16:05 Taurus
- 16:05 – 18:24 Gemini
- 18:24 – 20:56 Cancer
- 20:56 – 23:27 Leo
- 23:27 – 01:59 next day Virgo
- 01:59 – 04:31 next day Libra
- 04:31 – 06:57 next day Scorpio
- 06:57 – 07:17 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