Edison panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 20:07 Moonrise 05:03 Vaishakha month
Edison, New Jersey, United States · 40.52°, -74.41° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 20:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:41 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 05:41 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:17 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 14:42 – 16:30
- 05:53 Karana becomes Naga
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
20:07 to 05:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:07 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 16:01
- Nakshatra Bharani until 08:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 20:45
- Karana Chatushpada until 05:53, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:53 Karana becomes Naga
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 16:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:41 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:41 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 11:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:30
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:45 – 23:09
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. 04:24 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:25 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:07 – 22:01
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:02 – 05:40 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:02 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:41 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:29 – 09:17 | Good |
| Rog | 09:17 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:06 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Char | 12:54 – 14:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:42 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 18:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:18 – 20:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:07 – 21:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:30 – 23:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:42 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:53 – 02:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:05 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:17 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:28 – 05:40 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
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:41 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:40 Aries
- 05:40 – 07:29 Taurus
- 07:29 – 09:47 Gemini
- 09:47 – 12:19 Cancer
- 12:19 – 14:50 Leo
- 14:50 – 17:21 Virgo
- 17:21 – 19:54 Libra
- 19:54 – 22:19 Scorpio
- 22:19 – 00:20 next day Sagittarius
- 00:20 – 01:51 next day Capricorn
- 01:51 – 03:04 next day Aquarius
- 03:04 – 04:14 next day Pisces
- 04:14 – 05:36 next day Aries
- 05:36 – 05:40 next day Taurus
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 EDT (UTC-4) · Method