San Jose panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 20:12 Moonrise 09:40 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
05:56 to 20:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:35 – 13:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:51
- 09:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:09 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:12 to 05:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:12 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 19:57
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 22:28
- Karana Bava until 09:12, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:09 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:51
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. 04:38 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:12 – 22:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:42 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:17 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Char | 16:38 – 18:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:25 – 20:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:12 – 21:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 23:51 | Good |
| Char | 23:51 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 05:55 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
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:41 Aries
- 05:41 – 07:32 Taurus
- 07:32 – 09:49 Gemini
- 09:49 – 12:17 Cancer
- 12:17 – 14:45 Leo
- 14:45 – 17:11 Virgo
- 17:11 – 19:40 Libra
- 19:40 – 22:03 Scorpio
- 22:03 – 00:05 next day Sagittarius
- 00:05 – 01:39 next day Capricorn
- 01:39 – 02:57 next day Aquarius
- 02:57 – 04:11 next day Pisces
- 04:11 – 05:38 next day Aries
- 05:38 – 05:55 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