San Jose panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:09 Moonrise 14:37 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
06:53 to 19:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:25 – 09:57
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 10:09
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta 13:25 – 14:14
- Yamaganda 16:05 – 17:37
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:09 to 06:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:09 – 21:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 02:57 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 10:14 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 01:59 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:43, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 10:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:25 – 14:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:05 – 17:37
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:53 – 10:14
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. 05:19 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:09 – 21:30
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:53 – 08:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:25 – 09:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:57 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:01 – 14:33 | Good |
| Rog | 14:33 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:05 – 17:37 | Bad |
| Char | 17:37 – 19:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:09 – 20:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:37 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:05 – 23:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:33 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:01 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:29 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:57 – 05:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:26 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:49 Leo
- 06:49 – 09:15 Virgo
- 09:15 – 11:44 Libra
- 11:44 – 14:08 Scorpio
- 14:08 – 16:09 Sagittarius
- 16:09 – 17:43 Capricorn
- 17:43 – 19:01 Aquarius
- 19:01 – 20:16 Pisces
- 20:16 – 21:42 Aries
- 21:42 – 23:32 Taurus
- 23:32 – 01:49 next day Gemini
- 01:49 – 04:18 next day Cancer
- 04:18 – 06:45 next day Leo
- 06:45 – 06:54 next day Virgo
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