Edison panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 06:51 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 16:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:19 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta 07:19 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:43 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:32
- 10:48 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 13:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 13:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
16:56 to 07:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 06:11 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 13:34
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 23:44 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 10:48
- Karana Shakuni until 13:34, then Chatushpada
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:48 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 13:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 13:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 23:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 06:11 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:19 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 10:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:32
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 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:56 – 19:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:19 – 13:34
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:19 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:31 – 09:43 | Good |
| Rog | 09:43 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:55 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 14:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:32 – 15:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:44 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:44 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:32 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:55 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:43 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:31 – 07:18 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:12 Sagittarius
- 07:12 – 08:42 Capricorn
- 08:42 – 09:56 Aquarius
- 09:56 – 11:06 Pisces
- 11:06 – 12:28 Aries
- 12:28 – 14:17 Taurus
- 14:17 – 16:35 Gemini
- 16:35 – 19:06 Cancer
- 19:06 – 21:38 Leo
- 21:38 – 00:09 next day Virgo
- 00:09 – 02:41 next day Libra
- 02:41 – 05:07 next day Scorpio
- 05:07 – 07:08 next day Sagittarius
- 07:08 – 07:18 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