San Jose panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 19:18 Moonrise 07:52 Chaitra 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
07:11 to 19:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:42 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:37 – 10:25
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:39
- Durmuhurta 13:39 – 14:27
- Yamaganda 16:16 – 17:47
- 09:45 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:57 Moon enters Aries
- 14:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:18 to 07:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:18 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:31 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 14:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 13:57 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 09:45
- Karana Kaulava until 14:01, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:45 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:57 Moon enters Aries
- 14:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:31 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:37 – 10:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:39 – 14:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:31 – 03:11 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. 05:36 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:18 – 21:40
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:11 – 13:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:11 – 13:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:57 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:11 – 08:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:42 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:16 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Char | 17:47 – 19:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:18 – 20:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 23:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:45 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:12 – 05:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:41 – 07:10 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
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 05:43 Capricorn
- 05:43 – 07:00 Aquarius
- 07:00 – 08:15 Pisces
- 08:15 – 09:41 Aries
- 09:41 – 11:32 Taurus
- 11:32 – 13:49 Gemini
- 13:49 – 16:17 Cancer
- 16:17 – 18:44 Leo
- 18:44 – 21:11 Virgo
- 21:11 – 23:40 Libra
- 23:40 – 02:03 next day Scorpio
- 02:03 – 04:05 next day Sagittarius
- 04:05 – 05:39 next day Capricorn
- 05:39 – 06:56 next day Aquarius
- 06:56 – 07:10 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