Edison panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 02:05 Pausha 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
07:21 to 16:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 09:43
- Yamaganda 10:54 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 14:57
- 07:42 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 15:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:50 to 07:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:51 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 04:48 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 10:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 07:42
- Karana Vanija until 15:30, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:42 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 15:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:51 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:42 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 09:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 14:57
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 16:50 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:41 – 17:59
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. 05:25 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:44
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:21 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:32 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:43 – 10:54 | Good |
| Rog | 10:54 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:28 – 15:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:39 – 16:50 | Good |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:39 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:28 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:54 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:43 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:32 – 07:21 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 05:31 Scorpio
- 05:31 – 07:31 Sagittarius
- 07:31 – 09:02 Capricorn
- 09:02 – 10:15 Aquarius
- 10:15 – 11:26 Pisces
- 11:26 – 12:48 Aries
- 12:48 – 14:36 Taurus
- 14:36 – 16:54 Gemini
- 16:54 – 19:26 Cancer
- 19:26 – 21:58 Leo
- 21:58 – 00:29 next day Virgo
- 00:29 – 03:01 next day Libra
- 03:01 – 05:27 next day Scorpio
- 05:27 – 07:21 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