San Jose panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 19:43 Moonrise 06:20 Vaishakha 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
06:31 to 19:43- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:10 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta 09:09 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam 11:28 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:26
- Yamaganda 16:25 – 18:04
- 15:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:43 to 06:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:43 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 01:41 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 15:15
- Karana Kimstughna until 15:18, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:09 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:25 – 18:04
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. 05:04 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:43 – 21:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:31 – 21:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:31 – 01:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:31 – 08:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:10 – 09:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:49 – 11:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:28 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:07 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:25 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Char | 18:04 – 19:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:43 – 21:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:25 – 23:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:45 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:06 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:48 – 05:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:09 – 06:29 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
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 05:10 Aquarius
- 05:10 – 06:25 Pisces
- 06:25 – 07:51 Aries
- 07:51 – 09:42 Taurus
- 09:42 – 11:59 Gemini
- 11:59 – 14:27 Cancer
- 14:27 – 16:54 Leo
- 16:54 – 19:21 Virgo
- 19:21 – 21:50 Libra
- 21:50 – 00:13 next day Scorpio
- 00:13 – 02:15 next day Sagittarius
- 02:15 – 03:49 next day Capricorn
- 03:49 – 05:06 next day Aquarius
- 05:06 – 06:21 next day Pisces
- 06:21 – 06:29 next day Aries
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