New York City panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 16:31 Moonrise 15:59 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
07:18 to 16:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:27 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:04
- 07:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 10:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:31 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:31 – 19:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 20:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 20:28
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:23 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 02:21 next day
- Karana Vishti until 10:23, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 10:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 20:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:46 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:04
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. 05:20 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 16:31 – 19:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:18 – 18:23
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:27 – 09:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:37 – 10:46 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:04 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:13 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:13 – 15:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:22 – 16:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:31 – 18:22 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:22 – 20:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:13 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:46 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:37 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:37 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:28 – 07:19 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
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:49 Scorpio
- 06:49 – 08:50 Sagittarius
- 08:50 – 10:20 Capricorn
- 10:20 – 11:33 Aquarius
- 11:33 – 12:43 Pisces
- 12:43 – 14:05 Aries
- 14:05 – 15:54 Taurus
- 15:54 – 18:12 Gemini
- 18:12 – 20:44 Cancer
- 20:44 – 23:16 Leo
- 23:16 – 01:47 next day Virgo
- 01:47 – 04:20 next day Libra
- 04:20 – 06:45 next day Scorpio
- 06:45 – 07:19 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