San Jose panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 19:42 Moonrise 23:48 Chaitra 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
06:32 to 19:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam 11:28 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:07 – 14:46
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
19:42 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:42 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 02:53 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 17:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 11:48
- Karana Bava until 13:53, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 02:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:02 – 11:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:46
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) 12:41 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:42 – 21:52
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:32 – 17:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:32 – 17:25
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:32 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:49 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:28 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:04 – 19:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:42 – 21:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:03 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 01:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:06 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:30 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
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:13 Aquarius
- 05:13 – 06:28 Pisces
- 06:28 – 07:54 Aries
- 07:54 – 09:45 Taurus
- 09:45 – 12:02 Gemini
- 12:02 – 14:30 Cancer
- 14:30 – 16:57 Leo
- 16:57 – 19:24 Virgo
- 19:24 – 21:52 Libra
- 21:52 – 00:16 next day Scorpio
- 00:16 – 02:18 next day Sagittarius
- 02:18 – 03:52 next day Capricorn
- 03:52 – 05:09 next day Aquarius
- 05:09 – 06:24 next day Pisces
- 06:24 – 06:30 next day Aries
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