San Jose panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 06:13 Ashadha 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
06:22 to 20:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam 11:29 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:54
- 10:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 10:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:36 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 17:36 Moon enters Leo
Night
20:01 to 06:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:01 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:46 Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 10:36
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 17:36 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 23:46
- Karana Naga until 10:36, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 10:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:36 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 17:36 Moon enters Leo
- 21:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:46 Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:54
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:46 – 10:22 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. 05:00 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:01 – 22:06
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:47 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:29 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:54 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:19 – 20:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:01 – 21:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:19 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:12 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:23 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:47 Cancer
- 06:47 – 09:14 Leo
- 09:14 – 11:41 Virgo
- 11:41 – 14:10 Libra
- 14:10 – 16:33 Scorpio
- 16:33 – 18:35 Sagittarius
- 18:35 – 20:09 Capricorn
- 20:09 – 21:26 Aquarius
- 21:26 – 22:41 Pisces
- 22:41 – 00:07 next day Aries
- 00:07 – 01:58 next day Taurus
- 01:58 – 04:15 next day Gemini
- 04:15 – 06:23 next day Cancer
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