Edison panchang, 20 December 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 16:32 Moonrise 13:23 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
07:18 to 16:32- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 14:13 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 15:55
- Rahu Kalam 15:22 – 16:32
- 09:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:45 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:32 to 07:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:32 – 19:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 09:45
- Nakshatra Bharani until 02:39 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 18:37
- Karana Vishti until 09:45, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 15:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:32
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:18 – 02:39 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. 05:20 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:32 – 19:29
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:27 – 09:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:36 – 10:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:46 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:13 | Good |
| Rog | 14:13 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:22 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:32 – 18:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:23 – 20:13 | Good |
| Char | 20:13 – 22:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:04 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:46 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:37 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:28 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 07:02 Scorpio
- 07:02 – 09:03 Sagittarius
- 09:03 – 10:34 Capricorn
- 10:34 – 11:47 Aquarius
- 11:47 – 12:57 Pisces
- 12:57 – 14:19 Aries
- 14:19 – 16:08 Taurus
- 16:08 – 18:26 Gemini
- 18:26 – 20:58 Cancer
- 20:58 – 23:29 Leo
- 23:29 – 02:00 next day Virgo
- 02:00 – 04:33 next day Libra
- 04:33 – 06:58 next day Scorpio
- 06:58 – 07:18 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