Edison panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 16:30 Moonrise 11:40 Margashirsha month
Edison, New Jersey, United States · 40.52°, -74.41° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 16:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:25 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:02
- 12:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:30 to 07:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:30 – 19:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 12:16
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:00 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:51 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:16, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:02
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:16 – 22:43
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:43 – 00:42 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:51 – 01:49 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. 05:17 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:30 – 19:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:16 – 12:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:25 – 09:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:34 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:02 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Char | 14:11 – 15:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:21 – 16:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 18:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:21 – 20:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:12 – 22:02 | Good |
| Char | 22:02 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:25 – 07:16 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
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 07:18 Scorpio
- 07:18 – 09:18 Sagittarius
- 09:18 – 10:49 Capricorn
- 10:49 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 13:13 Pisces
- 13:13 – 14:35 Aries
- 14:35 – 16:23 Taurus
- 16:23 – 18:41 Gemini
- 18:41 – 21:13 Cancer
- 21:13 – 23:45 Leo
- 23:45 – 02:16 next day Virgo
- 02:16 – 04:48 next day Libra
- 04:48 – 07:14 next day Scorpio
- 07:14 – 07:16 next day Sagittarius
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 EST (UTC-5) · Method