San Jose panchang, 16 October 2024
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 18:05 Ashwin 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
07:18 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:41 – 10:05
- Gulika Kalam 11:29 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:16
- 08:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:26 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 18:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:27 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:50 next day Moon enters Aries
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 08:11
- Nakshatra Revati until 03:50 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:26
- Karana Vanija until 08:11, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:26 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 18:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:50 next day Moon enters Aries
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:11 – 18:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:16
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:18 – 03:50 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:50 – 07:19 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. 05:35 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:41 – 10:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:05 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:29 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:16 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Char | 15:39 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:03 – 21:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:40 – 23:16 | Good |
| Char | 23:16 – 00:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:53 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:29 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:06 – 05:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:19 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
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 07:23 Virgo
- 07:23 – 09:52 Libra
- 09:52 – 12:15 Scorpio
- 12:15 – 14:17 Sagittarius
- 14:17 – 15:51 Capricorn
- 15:51 – 17:09 Aquarius
- 17:09 – 18:24 Pisces
- 18:24 – 19:50 Aries
- 19:50 – 21:40 Taurus
- 21:40 – 23:57 Gemini
- 23:57 – 02:26 next day Cancer
- 02:26 – 04:53 next day Leo
- 04:53 – 07:19 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