Edison panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 16:31 Moonrise 20:03 Margashirsha month
Edison, New Jersey, United States · 40.52°, -74.41° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 16:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:03
- 09:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 11:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
16:31 to 07:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:31 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 23:33
- Nakshatra Pushya until 14:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 09:03
- Karana Bava until 11:28, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 11:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:03 – 08:03 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:03
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. 05:19 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:31 – 19:28
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:26 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:03 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Char | 14:13 – 15:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:22 – 16:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:31 – 18:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:22 – 20:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:13 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:27 – 07:18 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
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:26 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
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:08 Scorpio
- 07:08 – 09:09 Sagittarius
- 09:09 – 10:39 Capricorn
- 10:39 – 11:53 Aquarius
- 11:53 – 13:03 Pisces
- 13:03 – 14:25 Aries
- 14:25 – 16:14 Taurus
- 16:14 – 18:32 Gemini
- 18:32 – 21:03 Cancer
- 21:03 – 23:35 Leo
- 23:35 – 02:06 next day Virgo
- 02:06 – 04:38 next day Libra
- 04:38 – 07:04 next day Scorpio
- 07:04 – 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