San Jose panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 02:15 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
07:22 to 17:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 11:02 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:12
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:09 to 07:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:09 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:51 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 05:34 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:48 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 05:34 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:30, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:51 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 05:34 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:42 – 06:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:12
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:34 – 07:58 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:50 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:41 – 14:59
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) 11:56 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 20:00
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:36 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:49 – 11:02 | Good |
| Rog | 11:02 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:16 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Char | 13:29 – 14:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:42 – 15:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:56 – 17:09 | Good |
| Char | 17:09 – 18:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:56 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:42 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:16 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:02 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:49 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:35 – 07:22 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 05:30 Scorpio
- 05:30 – 07:32 Sagittarius
- 07:32 – 09:06 Capricorn
- 09:06 – 10:24 Aquarius
- 10:24 – 11:39 Pisces
- 11:39 – 13:05 Aries
- 13:05 – 14:55 Taurus
- 14:55 – 17:12 Gemini
- 17:12 – 19:41 Cancer
- 19:41 – 22:08 Leo
- 22:08 – 00:34 next day Virgo
- 00:34 – 03:03 next day Libra
- 03:03 – 05:27 next day Scorpio
- 05:27 – 07:22 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