San Jose panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 19:44 Moonrise 06:55 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
06:29 to 19:44- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:29 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:15
- Rahu Kalam 09:48 – 11:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:25
- 11:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 12:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:40 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
19:44 to 06:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:44 – 21:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:01 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:19
- Nakshatra Bharani until 18:40 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 11:26
- Karana Balava until 12:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 12:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:40 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:01 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 11:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:25
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. 05:03 – 05:46
- 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 19:44 – 21:53
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:29 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:09 – 09:48 | Good |
| Rog | 09:48 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:27 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Char | 13:07 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:25 – 18:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:05 – 19:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:44 – 21:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:04 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:25 – 23:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:45 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:06 – 02:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:26 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:47 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:07 – 06:28 next day | Good |
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
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:06 Aquarius
- 05:06 – 06:21 Pisces
- 06:21 – 07:47 Aries
- 07:47 – 09:38 Taurus
- 09:38 – 11:55 Gemini
- 11:55 – 14:23 Cancer
- 14:23 – 16:50 Leo
- 16:50 – 19:17 Virgo
- 19:17 – 21:46 Libra
- 21:46 – 00:09 next day Scorpio
- 00:09 – 02:11 next day Sagittarius
- 02:11 – 03:45 next day Capricorn
- 03:45 – 05:02 next day Aquarius
- 05:02 – 06:17 next day Pisces
- 06:17 – 06:28 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