New York City panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 16:30 Moonrise 14:01 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 16:30- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 09:36
- Yamaganda 10:45 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:49
- Gulika Kalam 13:03 – 14:12
- Durmuhurta 14:03 – 14:39
- 08:06 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
16:30 to 07:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:30 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 03:54 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 00:15 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 15:02
- Karana Kaulava until 17:34, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:06 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:36
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:45 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:49
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:03 – 14:12
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:03 – 14:39
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 16:30 – 19:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:15 – 07:18 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 00:15 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:36 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:36 – 10:45 | Good |
| Rog | 10:45 – 11:54 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:03 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:03 – 14:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:12 – 15:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:21 – 16:30 | Good |
| Char | 16:30 – 18:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:21 – 20:12 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:12 – 22:03 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:03 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:45 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:45 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:36 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:27 – 07:18 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:57 Scorpio
- 06:57 – 08:58 Sagittarius
- 08:58 – 10:28 Capricorn
- 10:28 – 11:41 Aquarius
- 11:41 – 12:51 Pisces
- 12:51 – 14:13 Aries
- 14:13 – 16:02 Taurus
- 16:02 – 18:20 Gemini
- 18:20 – 20:52 Cancer
- 20:52 – 23:23 Leo
- 23:23 – 01:55 next day Virgo
- 01:55 – 04:27 next day Libra
- 04:27 – 06:53 next day Scorpio
- 06:53 – 07:18 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