Edison panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 16:57 Moonrise 07:30 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
07:18 to 16:57- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 14:32 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta 15:40 – 16:19
- Rahu Kalam 15:45 – 16:57
- 10:41 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
16:57 to 07:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 14:51
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 01:22 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 10:41
- Karana Naga until 14:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:41 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 01:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:41 – 11:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:40 – 16:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:45 – 16:57
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. 05:23 – 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 16:57 – 19:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:18 – 01:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:31 – 09:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:43 – 10:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:55 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:32 | Good |
| Rog | 14:32 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:45 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:45 – 20:32 | Good |
| Char | 20:32 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:55 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:43 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:30 – 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
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:08 Sagittarius
- 07:08 – 08:39 Capricorn
- 08:39 – 09:52 Aquarius
- 09:52 – 11:02 Pisces
- 11:02 – 12:24 Aries
- 12:24 – 14:13 Taurus
- 14:13 – 16:31 Gemini
- 16:31 – 19:02 Cancer
- 19:02 – 21:34 Leo
- 21:34 – 00:05 next day Virgo
- 00:05 – 02:37 next day Libra
- 02:37 – 05:03 next day Scorpio
- 05:03 – 07:04 next day Sagittarius
- 07:04 – 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