San Jose panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 19:14 Moonrise 06:07 Phalguna month
San Jose, California, United States · 37.34°, -121.89° · America/Los_Angeles (UTC-07:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 19:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:47 – 10:17
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:40
- Durmuhurta 13:40 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta 16:03 – 16:51
- 09:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
19:14 to 07:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:14 – 21:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:40 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 20:53 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 20:53
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 17:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 19:45
- Karana Gara until 09:07, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 20:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:40 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:03 – 16:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:53 – 08:29 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. 05:41 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:52 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:14 – 21:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:46 | Good |
| Rog | 11:46 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:45 – 19:14 | Good |
| Char | 19:14 – 20:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:15 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:15 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:45 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:16 – 05:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:46 – 07:16 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
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:41 – 05:59 Capricorn
- 05:59 – 07:16 Aquarius
- 07:16 – 08:31 Pisces
- 08:31 – 09:57 Aries
- 09:57 – 11:48 Taurus
- 11:48 – 14:05 Gemini
- 14:05 – 16:33 Cancer
- 16:33 – 19:00 Leo
- 19:00 – 21:27 Virgo
- 21:27 – 23:55 Libra
- 23:55 – 02:19 next day Scorpio
- 02:19 – 04:20 next day Sagittarius
- 04:20 – 05:55 next day Capricorn
- 05:55 – 07:12 next day Aquarius
- 07:12 – 07:16 next day Pisces
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 PDT (UTC-7) · Method