San Jose panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 12:16 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
07:17 to 16:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:40 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta 10:28 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:15 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 14:55
- 09:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:50 to 07:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:49 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 09:56
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 02:40 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 22:49
- Karana Bava until 09:56, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:49 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:40 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:28 – 11:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 14:55
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. 05:21 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:40 – 07:17 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:40 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:17 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:28 – 09:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:40 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Char | 10:52 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:15 – 14:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:27 – 15:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:38 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:38 – 20:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:27 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:15 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:52 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:40 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:29 – 07:17 next day | Good |
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
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:14 Scorpio
- 07:14 – 09:15 Sagittarius
- 09:15 – 10:50 Capricorn
- 10:50 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:22 Pisces
- 13:22 – 14:48 Aries
- 14:48 – 16:39 Taurus
- 16:39 – 18:56 Gemini
- 18:56 – 21:24 Cancer
- 21:24 – 23:51 Leo
- 23:51 – 02:18 next day Virgo
- 02:18 – 04:46 next day Libra
- 04:46 – 07:10 next day Scorpio
- 07:10 – 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