San Jose panchang, 4 March 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 19:43 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
06:35 to 18:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:53 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:45
- 15:22 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:03 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:47 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:34 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 03:34 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 18:47 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 18:15
- Karana Taitila until 15:22, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 15:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:47 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:34 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:45
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:15 – 20:39
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:33 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:29 – 04:37 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. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 03:34 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:47 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:53 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:37 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:33 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
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:46 Capricorn
- 05:46 – 07:03 Aquarius
- 07:03 – 08:18 Pisces
- 08:18 – 09:44 Aries
- 09:44 – 11:35 Taurus
- 11:35 – 13:52 Gemini
- 13:52 – 16:20 Cancer
- 16:20 – 18:47 Leo
- 18:47 – 21:14 Virgo
- 21:14 – 23:43 Libra
- 23:43 – 02:06 next day Scorpio
- 02:06 – 04:08 next day Sagittarius
- 04:08 – 05:42 next day Capricorn
- 05:42 – 06:33 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