Edison panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 06:03 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
07:19 to 16:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:31 – 09:43
- Durmuhurta 09:14 – 09:53
- Rahu Kalam 10:55 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:31 – 15:43
- 10:36 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 11:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:52 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:55 to 07:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 11:52
- Nakshatra Mula until 21:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:36
- Karana Vanija until 11:52, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:36 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 11:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:14 – 09:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:36 – 14:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:43
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. 05:24 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:55 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:19 – 08:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:31 – 09:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:43 – 10:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:55 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:31 – 15:43 | Bad |
| Char | 15:43 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:55 – 18:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:43 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:31 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:55 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:43 – 05:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:31 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:16 Sagittarius
- 07:16 – 08:46 Capricorn
- 08:46 – 10:00 Aquarius
- 10:00 – 11:10 Pisces
- 11:10 – 12:32 Aries
- 12:32 – 14:21 Taurus
- 14:21 – 16:39 Gemini
- 16:39 – 19:10 Cancer
- 19:10 – 21:42 Leo
- 21:42 – 00:13 next day Virgo
- 00:13 – 02:45 next day Libra
- 02:45 – 05:11 next day Scorpio
- 05:11 – 07:12 next day Sagittarius
- 07:12 – 07:19 next day Capricorn
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