San Jose panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 19:56 Moonrise 10:47 Shravana 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
06:26 to 19:56- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:52
- Gulika Kalam 16:34 – 18:15
- Durmuhurta 18:08 – 19:02
- Rahu Kalam 18:15 – 19:56
- 15:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 16:21 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:56 to 06:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:56 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:49 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 04:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 04:30 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 15:20 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 15:38
- Karana Bava until 16:21, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 16:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 04:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:08 – 19:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:15 – 19:56
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 06:26 – 15:20
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 03:35 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 02:31 – 04:38 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. 05:02 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:56 – 22:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 15:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:20 – 19:28
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:26 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:07 – 09:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:48 – 11:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:30 – 13:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:11 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:34 | Good |
| Rog | 16:34 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:11 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:30 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:49 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:08 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:41 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:49 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:31 Cancer
- 06:31 – 08:59 Leo
- 08:59 – 11:25 Virgo
- 11:25 – 13:54 Libra
- 13:54 – 16:17 Scorpio
- 16:17 – 18:19 Sagittarius
- 18:19 – 19:53 Capricorn
- 19:53 – 21:11 Aquarius
- 21:11 – 22:25 Pisces
- 22:25 – 23:52 Aries
- 23:52 – 01:42 next day Taurus
- 01:42 – 03:59 next day Gemini
- 03:59 – 06:26 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