San Jose panchang, 18 September 2024
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:08 Moonrise 19:40 Bhadrapada 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
06:53 to 19:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:25 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam 11:29 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:01 – 14:32
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:08 to 06:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:08 – 21:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:34 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:48 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 15:49
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 19:34 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 10:58
- Karana Kaulava until 15:49, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:34 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:48 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:01 – 14:32
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 09:08 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 08:13 – 10:03
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:34 – 06:54 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 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:08 – 21:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:49 – 06:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:25 – 09:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:57 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:29 – 13:01 | Good |
| Rog | 13:01 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:32 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Char | 16:04 – 17:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:36 – 19:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:08 – 20:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:36 – 22:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:05 – 23:33 | Good |
| Char | 23:33 – 01:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:01 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:29 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:58 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:26 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:47 Leo
- 06:47 – 09:13 Virgo
- 09:13 – 11:42 Libra
- 11:42 – 14:06 Scorpio
- 14:06 – 16:07 Sagittarius
- 16:07 – 17:42 Capricorn
- 17:42 – 18:59 Aquarius
- 18:59 – 20:14 Pisces
- 20:14 – 21:40 Aries
- 21:40 – 23:30 Taurus
- 23:30 – 01:47 next day Gemini
- 01:47 – 04:16 next day Cancer
- 04:16 – 06:43 next day Leo
- 06:43 – 06:54 next day Virgo
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