Vedic Astrology in New York: Panchang, Kundli & Muhurat

Astrology tools for New York

Upcoming vrat and festival dates in New York

• Krishna Ekadashi from Wed 4 Nov, 12:34 AM to Thu 5 Nov, 12:06 AM
• Amavasya (New Moon) from Sun 8 Nov, 12:58 AM to Mon 9 Nov, 2:02 AM
• Vrishchika Sankranti (Sun enters Vrishchika (Scorpio)) Mon 16 Nov, 9:05 AM
• Shukla Ekadashi from Thu 19 Nov, 8:46 PM to Fri 20 Nov, 8:01 PM
• Purnima (Full Moon) from Mon 23 Nov, 1:13 PM to Tue 24 Nov, 9:54 AM
• Sankashti Chaturthi (Krishna Chaturthi) from Thu 26 Nov, 11:19 PM to Fri 27 Nov, 8:10 PM

Start and end times are in New York time. A vrat is usually kept on the day the Tithi is running at sunrise; your family or temple tradition may differ.

Vedic traditions in New York

New York has one of the largest Indian communities in America, from Jackson Heights in Queens to Long Island. The Hindu Temple Society of North America's Ganesh Temple in Flushing, founded in the 1970s, is one of the oldest Hindu temples in the United States.

New York by the numbers

Daylight in New York today lasts 10 h 28 min. Over the year it ranges from about 9 h 15 min to 15 h 6 min, so Rahu Kaal here is anywhere from 69 to 113 minutes long, and every daytime Muhurat stretches and shrinks with the seasons.

Sunrise in New York today is 7:25 AM, 1 minutes earlier on the clock than in Edison (41 km away). Even nearby cities need their own Panchang.

On 31 October the sunrise Tithi in New York is Krishna Shashthi; in Delhi it is Krishna Shashthi. They match today, but on many days they do not, especially around Ekadashi and Purnima, so check before a vrat.

Vedic astrology for families in United States

Indian-American families celebrate every festival, but the date on an Indian calendar is often not the right date in America. The US is 9 h 30 min to 13 h 30 min behind India, so a Tithi that begins in the evening in Delhi may begin the morning before in New York. These pages give Panchang, Muhurat and festival times worked out for your American city and its daylight-saving rules.

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Time in New York and why it matters

New York is on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4), 9 h 30 min behind India.

New York uses daylight saving time, so the gap to India changes during the year:

• 1 November 2026: clocks go back to UTC−5
• 14 March 2027: clocks go forward to UTC−4
• 7 November 2027: clocks go back to UTC−5

If you were born in New York, enter your birth time exactly as it is written on your birth certificate. That is the local clock time, already including summer time if it applied, and the birthplace tells the calculation which time zone to use.