Edison panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 19:00 Moonrise 14:34 Bhadrapada 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
06:42 to 19:00- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:14 – 09:46
- Durmuhurta 09:10 – 09:59
- Rahu Kalam 11:19 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta 13:15 – 14:05
- Yamaganda 15:55 – 17:28
- 13:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 13:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:00 to 06:43 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 05:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 05:57 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 13:14 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 04:59 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:43, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 13:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 05:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:10 – 09:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:19 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:15 – 14:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:55 – 17:28
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:42 – 13:14
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. 05:09 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:00 – 21:20
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:42 – 08:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:14 – 09:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:46 – 11:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:19 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:51 – 14:23 | Good |
| Rog | 14:23 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:55 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Char | 17:28 – 19:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:00 – 20:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:28 – 21:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:56 – 23:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:23 – 00:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:51 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:19 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:47 – 05:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:15 – 06:43 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
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:39 Leo
- 06:39 – 09:10 Virgo
- 09:10 – 11:42 Libra
- 11:42 – 14:08 Scorpio
- 14:08 – 16:08 Sagittarius
- 16:08 – 17:39 Capricorn
- 17:39 – 18:52 Aquarius
- 18:52 – 20:03 Pisces
- 20:03 – 21:25 Aries
- 21:25 – 23:13 Taurus
- 23:13 – 01:31 next day Gemini
- 01:31 – 04:03 next day Cancer
- 04:03 – 06:35 next day Leo
- 06:35 – 06:43 next day Virgo
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