San Jose panchang, 16 September 2026
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 19:12 Moonrise 12:45 Bhadrapada 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
06:51 to 19:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:24 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam 11:29 – 13:02
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:02 – 14:34
- 09:20 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:12 to 06:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:12 – 21:32
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:19 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:18
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:23 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 00:19 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 09:20, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:19 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:02 – 14:34
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. 05:18 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:12 – 21:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:51 – 06:52 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:51 – 06:52 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:51 – 06:52 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:18 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:24 – 09:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:56 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:29 – 13:02 | Good |
| Rog | 13:02 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:34 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:39 – 19:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:12 – 20:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:39 – 22:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:07 – 23:34 | Good |
| Char | 23:34 – 01:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:02 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:29 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:57 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:25 – 06:52 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:57 Leo
- 06:57 – 09:23 Virgo
- 09:23 – 11:52 Libra
- 11:52 – 14:15 Scorpio
- 14:15 – 16:17 Sagittarius
- 16:17 – 17:51 Capricorn
- 17:51 – 19:09 Aquarius
- 19:09 – 20:23 Pisces
- 20:23 – 21:50 Aries
- 21:50 – 23:40 Taurus
- 23:40 – 01:57 next day Gemini
- 01:57 – 04:26 next day Cancer
- 04:26 – 06:52 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