San Jose panchang, 19 October 2026
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 15:09 Ashwin month
San Jose, California, United States · 37.34°, -121.89° · America/Los_Angeles (UTC-07:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 18:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:43 – 10:06
- Yamaganda 11:29 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta 13:14 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam 14:15 – 15:38
- Durmuhurta 15:26 – 16:11
- 11:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:05 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:23 to 07:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 00:20 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:32 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 12:05
- Karana Balava until 11:25, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 00:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:52
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:05 – 14:05
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 13:14 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:15 – 15:38
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:26 – 16:11
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:37 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:14
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:23 – 20:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:20 – 05:32 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 07:20 – 05:32 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 07:20 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:43 – 10:06 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:06 – 11:29 | Good |
| Rog | 11:29 – 12:52 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:52 – 14:15 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:15 – 15:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:38 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:23 | Good |
| Char | 18:23 – 20:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:01 – 21:38 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 21:38 – 23:15 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:15 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:52 – 02:29 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:29 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:07 – 05:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:44 – 07:21 next day | Neutral |
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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:37 – 07:14 Virgo
- 07:14 – 09:42 Libra
- 09:42 – 12:06 Scorpio
- 12:06 – 14:07 Sagittarius
- 14:07 – 15:42 Capricorn
- 15:42 – 16:59 Aquarius
- 16:59 – 18:14 Pisces
- 18:14 – 19:40 Aries
- 19:40 – 21:31 Taurus
- 21:31 – 23:48 Gemini
- 23:48 – 02:16 next day Cancer
- 02:16 – 04:43 next day Leo
- 04:43 – 07:10 next day Virgo
- 07:10 – 07:21 next day Libra
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