San Jose panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 09:05 Magha 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 17:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam 11:04 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:34
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:18 to 07:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:18 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 01:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:07 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:17
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 00:57 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 04:07 next day
- Karana Gara until 13:17, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 01:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:07 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:31 – 05:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:11 – 12:58 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:07 – 15:18 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. 05:27 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:19 – 00:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:34 – 09:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:49 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:04 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:04 – 17:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:18 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:33 – 07:18 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
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:57 Sagittarius
- 06:57 – 08:31 Capricorn
- 08:31 – 09:48 Aquarius
- 09:48 – 11:03 Pisces
- 11:03 – 12:29 Aries
- 12:29 – 14:20 Taurus
- 14:20 – 16:37 Gemini
- 16:37 – 19:05 Cancer
- 19:05 – 21:33 Leo
- 21:33 – 23:59 Virgo
- 23:59 – 02:28 next day Libra
- 02:28 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
- 04:51 – 06:53 next day Sagittarius
- 06:53 – 07:18 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