San Jose panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 16:48 Moonrise 08:05 Margashirsha month
San Jose, California, United States · 37.34°, -121.89° · America/Los_Angeles (UTC-08:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:11 to 16:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:23 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:12
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
16:48 to 07:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:48 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 19:16
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 07:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 19:54
- Karana Bava until 19:16, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:12
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:54 – 22:18
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. 05:16 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:48 – 19:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:16 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:11 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:23 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:24 | Bad |
| Char | 14:24 – 15:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:36 – 16:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:36 – 20:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:24 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:24 – 07:12 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
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 05:22 Libra
- 05:22 – 07:45 Scorpio
- 07:45 – 09:47 Sagittarius
- 09:47 – 11:21 Capricorn
- 11:21 – 12:39 Aquarius
- 12:39 – 13:53 Pisces
- 13:53 – 15:19 Aries
- 15:19 – 17:10 Taurus
- 17:10 – 19:27 Gemini
- 19:27 – 21:55 Cancer
- 21:55 – 00:23 next day Leo
- 00:23 – 02:49 next day Virgo
- 02:49 – 05:18 next day Libra
- 05:18 – 07:12 next day Scorpio
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 PST (UTC-8) · Method