Edison panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:33 Moonrise 16:02 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
07:19 to 16:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:29 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:06
- 07:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 10:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:33 to 07:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:33 – 19:31
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 20:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 20:28
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:23 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 02:21 next day
- Karana Vishti until 10:23, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 10:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 20:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:06
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. 05:21 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:33 – 19:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:19 – 18:23
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:29 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:06 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Char | 14:15 – 15:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:24 – 16:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:33 – 18:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:24 – 20:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:15 – 22:06 | Good |
| Char | 22:06 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:29 – 07:20 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
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 06:50 Scorpio
- 06:50 – 08:51 Sagittarius
- 08:51 – 10:22 Capricorn
- 10:22 – 11:35 Aquarius
- 11:35 – 12:45 Pisces
- 12:45 – 14:07 Aries
- 14:07 – 15:56 Taurus
- 15:56 – 18:14 Gemini
- 18:14 – 20:46 Cancer
- 20:46 – 23:17 Leo
- 23:17 – 01:48 next day Virgo
- 01:48 – 04:21 next day Libra
- 04:21 – 06:46 next day Scorpio
- 06:46 – 07:20 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