San Jose panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 07:34 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
07:20 to 17:15- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 12:18 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:01
- Durmuhurta 15:56 – 16:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:01 – 17:15
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:15 to 07:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:15 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 07:15 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 11:51
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 22:22 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 07:41
- Karana Naga until 11:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 22:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 07:15 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:41 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:56 – 16:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:01 – 17:15
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. 05:27 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 20:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:20 – 22:22
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:20 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:35 – 09:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:49 – 11:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:03 – 12:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:18 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:32 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:01 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:15 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:01 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:18 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:03 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:49 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:34 – 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
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:49 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 07:09 Sagittarius
- 07:09 – 08:43 Capricorn
- 08:43 – 10:00 Aquarius
- 10:00 – 11:15 Pisces
- 11:15 – 12:41 Aries
- 12:41 – 14:32 Taurus
- 14:32 – 16:49 Gemini
- 16:49 – 19:17 Cancer
- 19:17 – 21:44 Leo
- 21:44 – 00:11 next day Virgo
- 00:11 – 02:39 next day Libra
- 02:39 – 05:03 next day Scorpio
- 05:03 – 07:05 next day Sagittarius
- 07:05 – 07:20 next day Capricorn
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