San Jose panchang, 21 December 2025
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 08:56 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
07:19 to 16:52- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:29 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:14
- Rahu Kalam 15:40 – 16:52
- 08:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
16:52 to 07:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 21:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 21:22
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 14:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 03:10 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:34, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 20:37 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 21:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:40 – 16:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:10 – 06:46 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. 05:23 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:52 – 19:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:06 – 07:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:19 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:31 – 09:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:42 – 10:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:54 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:29 | Good |
| Rog | 14:29 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:40 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:52 – 18:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:40 – 20:29 | Good |
| Char | 20:29 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:54 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:43 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:31 – 07:20 next day | Good |
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
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:57 Scorpio
- 06:57 – 08:59 Sagittarius
- 08:59 – 10:33 Capricorn
- 10:33 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 13:05 Pisces
- 13:05 – 14:31 Aries
- 14:31 – 16:22 Taurus
- 16:22 – 18:39 Gemini
- 18:39 – 21:07 Cancer
- 21:07 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 02:01 next day Virgo
- 02:01 – 04:30 next day Libra
- 04:30 – 06:53 next day Scorpio
- 06:53 – 07:20 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