Edison panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 08:56 Magha 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
07:17 to 17:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:22
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 16:17 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:01 to 07:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:07 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 16:17
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 03:57 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 08:28
- Karana Gara until 16:17, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 16:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:07 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
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) 09:31 – 08:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:22
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:11 – 15:58 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:07 – 18:18 next day
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. 05:22 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:01 – 19:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:17 – 03:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:30 – 09:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:43 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Char | 14:35 – 15:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:48 – 17:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:01 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:48 – 20:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:35 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:29 – 07:16 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
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 06:56 Sagittarius
- 06:56 – 08:27 Capricorn
- 08:27 – 09:40 Aquarius
- 09:40 – 10:50 Pisces
- 10:50 – 12:12 Aries
- 12:12 – 14:01 Taurus
- 14:01 – 16:19 Gemini
- 16:19 – 18:51 Cancer
- 18:51 – 21:22 Leo
- 21:22 – 23:53 Virgo
- 23:53 – 02:26 next day Libra
- 02:26 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
- 04:51 – 06:52 next day Sagittarius
- 06:52 – 07:16 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