San Jose panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 05:24 Margashirsha 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
07:17 to 16:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:15
- 13:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:03 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:50 to 07:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:35 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 06:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 13:03
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 06:37 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 01:35 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:03, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:35 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 06:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:15
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:35 – 03:35 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. 05:21 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:44
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:17 – 06:37 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:17 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:28 – 09:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:40 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Char | 14:27 – 15:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:38 – 16:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:38 – 20:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:27 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:41 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:29 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:13 Scorpio
- 07:13 – 09:14 Sagittarius
- 09:14 – 10:49 Capricorn
- 10:49 – 12:06 Aquarius
- 12:06 – 13:21 Pisces
- 13:21 – 14:47 Aries
- 14:47 – 16:38 Taurus
- 16:38 – 18:55 Gemini
- 18:55 – 21:23 Cancer
- 21:23 – 23:50 Leo
- 23:50 – 02:17 next day Virgo
- 02:17 – 04:45 next day Libra
- 04:45 – 07:09 next day Scorpio
- 07:09 – 07:17 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