San Jose panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 20:11 Moonrise 07:16 Jyeshtha (adhika) 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
05:57 to 20:11- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:44 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 11:17 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:32
- Durmuhurta 13:32 – 14:29
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:20
- 09:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:11 to 05:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:11 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:48 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 09:17
- Karana Taitila until 15:33, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:32 – 14:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:20
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:18 – 07:18 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. 04:39 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:35 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:11 – 22:08
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:57 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:11 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:57 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:44 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:30 – 11:17 | Good |
| Rog | 11:17 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 18:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:24 – 20:11 | Good |
| Char | 20:11 – 21:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:24 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:50 – 01:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:03 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:17 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:30 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:43 – 05:56 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
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:49 Aries
- 05:49 – 07:40 Taurus
- 07:40 – 09:57 Gemini
- 09:57 – 12:25 Cancer
- 12:25 – 14:53 Leo
- 14:53 – 17:19 Virgo
- 17:19 – 19:48 Libra
- 19:48 – 22:11 Scorpio
- 22:11 – 00:13 next day Sagittarius
- 00:13 – 01:47 next day Capricorn
- 01:47 – 03:05 next day Aquarius
- 03:05 – 04:19 next day Pisces
- 04:19 – 05:45 next day Aries
- 05:45 – 05:56 next day Taurus
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