Edison panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 19:57 Moonrise 05:46 Ashadha 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
06:06 to 19:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:50 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam 11:18 – 13:02
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:34 – 13:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:02 – 14:46
- 13:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
19:57 to 06:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:57 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:36 Moon enters Leo
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:46 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:36
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 20:36 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 02:46 next day
- Karana Naga until 13:36, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 20:36 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:36 Moon enters Leo
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:46 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:21 – 05:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:18 – 13:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:02 – 14:46
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:46 – 13:22 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. 04:45 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:34 – 13:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:57 – 21:59
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:06 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:50 – 09:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:34 – 11:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:18 – 13:02 | Good |
| Rog | 13:02 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Char | 16:30 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:14 – 19:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:57 – 21:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:02 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:19 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:51 – 06:07 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
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:33 Cancer
- 06:33 – 09:04 Leo
- 09:04 – 11:35 Virgo
- 11:35 – 14:08 Libra
- 14:08 – 16:33 Scorpio
- 16:33 – 18:34 Sagittarius
- 18:34 – 20:05 Capricorn
- 20:05 – 21:18 Aquarius
- 21:18 – 22:28 Pisces
- 22:28 – 23:50 Aries
- 23:50 – 01:39 next day Taurus
- 01:39 – 03:57 next day Gemini
- 03:57 – 06:07 next day Cancer
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