San Jose panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:50 Moonrise 15:54 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
06:30 to 19:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:10 – 09:50
- Durmuhurta 09:10 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:43 – 13:37
- Durmuhurta 13:37 – 14:30
- Yamaganda 16:30 – 18:10
- 11:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 11:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:48 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
19:50 to 06:31 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:50 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:19 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 11:06
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 02:19 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 16:48
- Karana Kaulava until 11:06, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 11:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:48 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:19 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:55 – 16:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:10 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:37 – 14:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:48 – 18:00
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:30 – 02:19 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. 05:05 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:43 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:50 – 21:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:30 – 08:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:10 – 09:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:50 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Char | 18:10 – 19:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:50 – 21:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:10 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:10 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:50 – 05:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:11 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:12 Cancer
- 06:12 – 08:39 Leo
- 08:39 – 11:06 Virgo
- 11:06 – 13:34 Libra
- 13:34 – 15:58 Scorpio
- 15:58 – 17:59 Sagittarius
- 17:59 – 19:34 Capricorn
- 19:34 – 20:51 Aquarius
- 20:51 – 22:06 Pisces
- 22:06 – 23:32 Aries
- 23:32 – 01:23 next day Taurus
- 01:23 – 03:39 next day Gemini
- 03:39 – 06:08 next day Cancer
- 06:08 – 06:31 next day Leo
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