Edison panchang, 17 May 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 20:08 Moonrise 05:48 Jyeshtha (adhika) 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
05:40 to 20:08- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 12:54 – 14:42
- Gulika Kalam 16:31 – 18:19
- Durmuhurta 18:12 – 19:10
- Rahu Kalam 18:19 – 20:08
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
20:08 to 05:39 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:08 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:11
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:02 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 16:29
- Karana Bava until 12:11, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:31 – 18:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:12 – 19:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:19 – 20:08
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 – 05:02
- 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 20:08 – 22:02
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:40 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:28 – 09:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:17 – 11:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:05 – 12:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:54 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:42 – 16:31 | Good |
| Rog | 16:31 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 20:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 00:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:53 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:05 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:16 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:28 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:36 Aries
- 05:36 – 07:25 Taurus
- 07:25 – 09:43 Gemini
- 09:43 – 12:15 Cancer
- 12:15 – 14:46 Leo
- 14:46 – 17:17 Virgo
- 17:17 – 19:50 Libra
- 19:50 – 22:15 Scorpio
- 22:15 – 00:16 next day Sagittarius
- 00:16 – 01:47 next day Capricorn
- 01:47 – 03:00 next day Aquarius
- 03:00 – 04:10 next day Pisces
- 04:10 – 05:32 next day Aries
- 05:32 – 05:39 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