Edison panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 23:43 Chaitra 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
06:18 to 19:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 11:17 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:31 – 13:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:57 – 14:37
- 14:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:53 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:36 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 05:53 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 14:48
- Karana Bava until 16:53, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:02 – 14:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:57 – 14:37
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. 04:52 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:31 – 13:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:36 – 21:44
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:18 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:17 – 12:57 | Good |
| Rog | 12:57 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:37 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Char | 16:17 – 17:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:57 – 19:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:36 – 20:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:56 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 23:36 | Good |
| Char | 23:36 – 00:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:56 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:16 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
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:05 Aquarius
- 05:05 – 06:15 Pisces
- 06:15 – 07:37 Aries
- 07:37 – 09:26 Taurus
- 09:26 – 11:44 Gemini
- 11:44 – 14:15 Cancer
- 14:15 – 16:47 Leo
- 16:47 – 19:18 Virgo
- 19:18 – 21:50 Libra
- 21:50 – 00:16 next day Scorpio
- 00:16 – 02:17 next day Sagittarius
- 02:17 – 03:48 next day Capricorn
- 03:48 – 05:01 next day Aquarius
- 05:01 – 06:11 next day Pisces
- 06:11 – 06:16 next day Aries
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