Edison panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 16:31 Moonrise 12:24 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
07:17 to 16:31- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta 09:08 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam 10:45 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 14:12 – 15:22
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:31 to 07:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:31 – 19:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:28 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 12:44
- Nakshatra Revati until 05:28 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 00:05 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:44, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:28 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:08 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:22
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:05 – 10:52 next day
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 12:44 – 05:28 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. 05:19 – 06:18
- 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 16:31 – 19:28
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:17 – 12:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:17 – 05:28 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:17 – 07:17 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:28 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:17 – 08:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:26 – 09:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:35 – 10:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:45 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:03 | Good |
| Rog | 13:03 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:12 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:31 – 18:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:22 – 20:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:12 – 22:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:03 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:45 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:36 – 05:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:27 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:10 Scorpio
- 07:10 – 09:11 Sagittarius
- 09:11 – 10:41 Capricorn
- 10:41 – 11:55 Aquarius
- 11:55 – 13:05 Pisces
- 13:05 – 14:27 Aries
- 14:27 – 16:16 Taurus
- 16:16 – 18:34 Gemini
- 18:34 – 21:05 Cancer
- 21:05 – 23:37 Leo
- 23:37 – 02:08 next day Virgo
- 02:08 – 04:40 next day Libra
- 04:40 – 07:06 next day Scorpio
- 07:06 – 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