Edison panchang, 18 September 2024
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 19:25 Bhadrapada month
Edison, New Jersey, United States · 40.52°, -74.41° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 18:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam 11:19 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:51 – 14:23
- 08:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 18:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:59 to 06:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:34 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 18:49
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 22:34 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 13:58
- Karana Balava until 08:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 18:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:34 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:19 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:23
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:08 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:13 – 13:03
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:34 – 06:43 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:09 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:49 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:42 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:47 – 11:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:19 – 12:51 | Good |
| Rog | 12:51 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:23 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Char | 15:55 – 17:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:27 – 18:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:27 – 21:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:55 – 23:23 | Good |
| Char | 23:23 – 00:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:51 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:19 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:47 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:15 – 06:43 next day | Bad |
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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:37 Leo
- 06:37 – 09:07 Virgo
- 09:07 – 11:40 Libra
- 11:40 – 14:06 Scorpio
- 14:06 – 16:06 Sagittarius
- 16:06 – 17:37 Capricorn
- 17:37 – 18:50 Aquarius
- 18:50 – 20:01 Pisces
- 20:01 – 21:23 Aries
- 21:23 – 23:11 Taurus
- 23:11 – 01:29 next day Gemini
- 01:29 – 04:01 next day Cancer
- 04:01 – 06:33 next day Leo
- 06:33 – 06:43 next day Virgo
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 EDT (UTC-4) · Method