San Jose panchang, 21 August 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 21:15 Shravana month
San Jose, California, United States · 37.34°, -121.89° · America/Los_Angeles (UTC-07:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 19:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:50
- 06:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 14:55 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:49 to 06:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:49 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 01:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 01:16 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 12:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:40 next day
- Karana Vanija until 14:55, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 14:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 01:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:55 – 01:16 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:40 – 02:40 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. 05:05 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:49 – 21:58
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:50 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Char | 16:30 – 18:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:09 – 19:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:49 – 21:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:10 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 23:50 | Good |
| Char | 23:50 – 01:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:10 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:11 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:10 Cancer
- 06:10 – 08:37 Leo
- 08:37 – 11:03 Virgo
- 11:03 – 13:32 Libra
- 13:32 – 15:56 Scorpio
- 15:56 – 17:57 Sagittarius
- 17:57 – 19:32 Capricorn
- 19:32 – 20:49 Aquarius
- 20:49 – 22:04 Pisces
- 22:04 – 23:30 Aries
- 23:30 – 01:21 next day Taurus
- 01:21 – 03:37 next day Gemini
- 03:37 – 06:06 next day Cancer
- 06:06 – 06:31 next day Leo
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 PDT (UTC-7) · Method