San Jose panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 19:35 Moonrise 01:31 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
06:43 to 19:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:20 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam 11:33 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:09 – 14:46
Night
19:35 to 06:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:35 – 21:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:18 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:28 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:50 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 20:18 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 05:28 next day
- Karana Vishti until 19:43, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 19:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:18 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:28 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:40 – 17:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:46
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. 05:14 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:35 – 21:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 20:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:43 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:20 – 09:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:56 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 13:09 | Good |
| Rog | 13:09 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Char | 16:22 – 17:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:59 – 19:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:35 – 20:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:58 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 01:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:08 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:42 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
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:46 Aquarius
- 05:46 – 07:00 Pisces
- 07:00 – 08:27 Aries
- 08:27 – 10:17 Taurus
- 10:17 – 12:34 Gemini
- 12:34 – 15:02 Cancer
- 15:02 – 17:30 Leo
- 17:30 – 19:56 Virgo
- 19:56 – 22:25 Libra
- 22:25 – 00:48 next day Scorpio
- 00:48 – 02:50 next day Sagittarius
- 02:50 – 04:24 next day Capricorn
- 04:24 – 05:42 next day Aquarius
- 05:42 – 06:42 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