Edison panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 20:09 Moonrise 06:45 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
05:39 to 20:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:28 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 11:05 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta 13:23 – 14:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:43 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta 16:17 – 17:15
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 12:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:09 to 05:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:09 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 08:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 12:17
- Karana Kaulava until 08:23, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 12:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:23 – 14:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:17 – 17:15
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. 04:23 – 05:01
- 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 20:09 – 22:03
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:39 – 23:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:39 – 23:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:11 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:39 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:28 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 11:05 | Good |
| Rog | 11:05 – 12:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:54 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Char | 14:43 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 18:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:20 – 20:09 | Good |
| Char | 20:09 – 21:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:20 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:31 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:42 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:53 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:05 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:27 – 05:38 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:32 Aries
- 05:32 – 07:21 Taurus
- 07:21 – 09:39 Gemini
- 09:39 – 12:11 Cancer
- 12:11 – 14:42 Leo
- 14:42 – 17:13 Virgo
- 17:13 – 19:46 Libra
- 19:46 – 22:11 Scorpio
- 22:11 – 00:12 next day Sagittarius
- 00:12 – 01:43 next day Capricorn
- 01:43 – 02:56 next day Aquarius
- 02:56 – 04:06 next day Pisces
- 04:06 – 05:29 next day Aries
- 05:29 – 05:38 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