San Jose panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 11:52 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
07:16 to 16:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam 10:51 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:15
- 09:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:50 to 07:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 09:16
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 02:00 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 23:51
- Karana Vanija until 09:16, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:16 – 19:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:15
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:43 – 21:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:51 – 22:49 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. 05:20 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:16 – 09:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:28 – 09:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:39 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:51 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Char | 14:26 – 15:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:38 – 16:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:38 – 20:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:26 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:40 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:28 – 07:17 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
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 07:18 Scorpio
- 07:18 – 09:19 Sagittarius
- 09:19 – 10:54 Capricorn
- 10:54 – 12:11 Aquarius
- 12:11 – 13:26 Pisces
- 13:26 – 14:52 Aries
- 14:52 – 16:43 Taurus
- 16:43 – 18:59 Gemini
- 18:59 – 21:28 Cancer
- 21:28 – 23:55 Leo
- 23:55 – 02:22 next day Virgo
- 02:22 – 04:50 next day Libra
- 04:50 – 07:14 next day Scorpio
- 07:14 – 07:17 next day Sagittarius
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