San Jose panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 17:30 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 17:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:23 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta 07:23 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 09:47 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 14:36
- 12:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:45 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:01 to 07:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 23:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:41 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 15:45
- Karana Balava until 12:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:45 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:23 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:47 – 11:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:45 – 12:17 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 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:01 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:23 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:35 – 09:47 | Good |
| Rog | 09:47 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:00 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Char | 12:12 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 14:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:36 – 15:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:49 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:01 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:36 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:12 – 02:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:00 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:47 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:23 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
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 06:11 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:06 Scorpio
- 06:06 – 08:07 Sagittarius
- 08:07 – 09:42 Capricorn
- 09:42 – 10:59 Aquarius
- 10:59 – 12:14 Pisces
- 12:14 – 13:40 Aries
- 13:40 – 15:31 Taurus
- 15:31 – 17:48 Gemini
- 17:48 – 20:16 Cancer
- 20:16 – 22:43 Leo
- 22:43 – 01:10 next day Virgo
- 01:10 – 03:38 next day Libra
- 03:38 – 06:02 next day Scorpio
- 06:02 – 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