San Jose panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 19:46 Moonrise 08:30 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
06:27 to 19:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:07 – 09:46
- Yamaganda 11:26 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:26
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 17:06
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:45 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:46 to 06:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:46 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 15:45
- Nakshatra Rohini until 13:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 00:01 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:45, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 17:06
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:01 – 02:25 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. 05:01 – 05:44
- 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 19:46 – 21:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 13:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 13:38
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 13:38 – 06:25 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:38 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:27 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:07 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:46 – 11:26 | Good |
| Rog | 11:26 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:06 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:46 | Good |
| Char | 19:46 – 21:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:26 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:06 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:26 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:45 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:05 – 06:25 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:13 Pisces
- 06:13 – 07:39 Aries
- 07:39 – 09:30 Taurus
- 09:30 – 11:47 Gemini
- 11:47 – 14:15 Cancer
- 14:15 – 16:43 Leo
- 16:43 – 19:09 Virgo
- 19:09 – 21:38 Libra
- 21:38 – 00:01 next day Scorpio
- 00:01 – 02:03 next day Sagittarius
- 02:03 – 03:37 next day Capricorn
- 03:37 – 04:55 next day Aquarius
- 04:55 – 06:09 next day Pisces
- 06:09 – 06:25 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