Edison panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 16:30 Moonrise 12:01 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam 09:35 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:21 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam 13:03 – 14:12
- Durmuhurta 14:03 – 14:40
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:30 to 07:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:30 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:49 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:56
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 05:40 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 01:49 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:56, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:57 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:49 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:21 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:03 – 14:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:03 – 14:40
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. 05:18 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:30 – 19:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:40 – 07:17 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:16 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:25 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:35 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Char | 10:44 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:03 – 14:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:12 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:21 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 18:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:21 – 20:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:12 – 22:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:03 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:44 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:35 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:26 – 07:17 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
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:14 Scorpio
- 07:14 – 09:15 Sagittarius
- 09:15 – 10:45 Capricorn
- 10:45 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 13:09 Pisces
- 13:09 – 14:31 Aries
- 14:31 – 16:20 Taurus
- 16:20 – 18:38 Gemini
- 18:38 – 21:09 Cancer
- 21:09 – 23:41 Leo
- 23:41 – 02:12 next day Virgo
- 02:12 – 04:44 next day Libra
- 04:44 – 07:10 next day Scorpio
- 07:10 – 07:17 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