San Jose panchang, 17 March 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 19:15 Moonrise 06:34 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
07:16 to 19:15- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:40 – 10:28
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:15 – 17:45
- 08:29 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:52 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
19:15 to 07:14 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:15 – 21:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:39 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 07:13 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 19:55
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 17:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 17:52
- Karana Vishti until 08:29, then Shakuni
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:29 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:52 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 07:13 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:53 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:40 – 10:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:45
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:16 – 17:39
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:39 – 07:14 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. 05:40 – 06:28
- 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 19:15 – 21:39
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:16 – 08:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:46 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 11:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:46 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:15 – 17:45 | Good |
| Rog | 17:45 – 19:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:15 – 20:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:45 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:15 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:45 – 04:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:15 – 05:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:45 – 07:14 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
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:16 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 05:55 Capricorn
- 05:55 – 07:12 Aquarius
- 07:12 – 08:27 Pisces
- 08:27 – 09:53 Aries
- 09:53 – 11:44 Taurus
- 11:44 – 14:01 Gemini
- 14:01 – 16:29 Cancer
- 16:29 – 18:56 Leo
- 18:56 – 21:23 Virgo
- 21:23 – 23:51 Libra
- 23:51 – 02:15 next day Scorpio
- 02:15 – 04:17 next day Sagittarius
- 04:17 – 05:51 next day Capricorn
- 05:51 – 07:08 next day Aquarius
- 07:08 – 07:14 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