San Jose panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 07:33 Phalguna 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
06:53 to 17:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:43
- 07:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:49 to 06:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:30 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:29 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 07:46 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 09:15
- Karana Balava until 15:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:30 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:43
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. 05:09 – 06:01
- 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 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:53 – 02:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:37 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 17:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:49 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:27 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:58 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:14 – 06:52 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
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:47 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:41 Capricorn
- 06:41 – 07:58 Aquarius
- 07:58 – 09:13 Pisces
- 09:13 – 10:39 Aries
- 10:39 – 12:30 Taurus
- 12:30 – 14:47 Gemini
- 14:47 – 17:15 Cancer
- 17:15 – 19:42 Leo
- 19:42 – 22:09 Virgo
- 22:09 – 00:38 next day Libra
- 00:38 – 03:01 next day Scorpio
- 03:01 – 05:03 next day Sagittarius
- 05:03 – 06:37 next day Capricorn
- 06:37 – 06:52 next day Aquarius
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