Edison panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 07:22 Phalguna 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
06:48 to 17:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:50 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:32
- 10:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
17:35 to 06:47 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:30 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 05:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 05:29 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 10:46 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 12:15
- Karana Balava until 18:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:30 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 05:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:32
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. 05:02 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:48 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:48 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:50 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:35 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:50 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:47 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
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:06 Sagittarius
- 05:06 – 06:37 Capricorn
- 06:37 – 07:50 Aquarius
- 07:50 – 09:00 Pisces
- 09:00 – 10:22 Aries
- 10:22 – 12:11 Taurus
- 12:11 – 14:29 Gemini
- 14:29 – 17:01 Cancer
- 17:01 – 19:32 Leo
- 19:32 – 22:03 Virgo
- 22:03 – 00:36 next day Libra
- 00:36 – 03:01 next day Scorpio
- 03:01 – 05:02 next day Sagittarius
- 05:02 – 06:33 next day Capricorn
- 06:33 – 06:47 next day Aquarius
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