San Jose panchang, 8 January 2025
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 12:32 Pausha month
San Jose, California, United States · 37.34°, -121.89° · America/Los_Angeles (UTC-08:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:23 to 17:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:27
- 11:54 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:05 to 07:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 07:16 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 22:53
- Nakshatra Bharani until 01:37 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 03:59 next day
- Karana Taitila until 11:54, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 07:16 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:27
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:23 – 01:37 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 03:11 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:12 – 04:10 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. 05:28 – 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) 11:55 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:23 – 01:37 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:37 – 07:23 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:37 – 07:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:23 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:36 – 09:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:48 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Char | 14:40 – 15:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:53 – 17:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:53 – 20:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:40 – 22:27 | Good |
| Char | 22:27 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:23 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
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 05:45 Scorpio
- 05:45 – 07:47 Sagittarius
- 07:47 – 09:21 Capricorn
- 09:21 – 10:39 Aquarius
- 10:39 – 11:53 Pisces
- 11:53 – 13:19 Aries
- 13:19 – 15:10 Taurus
- 15:10 – 17:27 Gemini
- 17:27 – 19:55 Cancer
- 19:55 – 22:23 Leo
- 22:23 – 00:49 next day Virgo
- 00:49 – 03:18 next day Libra
- 03:18 – 05:41 next day Scorpio
- 05:41 – 07:23 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 PST (UTC-8) · Method