San Jose panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 12:41 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:29 – 09:41
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:52 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:27 – 15:39
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:50 to 07:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:28 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 09:44
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:28 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 21:05
- Karana Kaulava until 09:44, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:28 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:39
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:05 – 07:52 next day
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 09:44 – 02:28 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. 05:22 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:44
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 07:17 – 09:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:17 – 02:28 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:17 – 07:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:28 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:17 – 08:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:29 – 09:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:41 – 10:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:52 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:27 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Char | 15:39 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:39 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:27 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:53 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:41 – 05:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:29 – 07:18 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
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:10 Scorpio
- 07:10 – 09:11 Sagittarius
- 09:11 – 10:46 Capricorn
- 10:46 – 12:03 Aquarius
- 12:03 – 13:18 Pisces
- 13:18 – 14:44 Aries
- 14:44 – 16:35 Taurus
- 16:35 – 18:52 Gemini
- 18:52 – 21:20 Cancer
- 21:20 – 23:47 Leo
- 23:47 – 02:14 next day Virgo
- 02:14 – 04:42 next day Libra
- 04:42 – 07:06 next day Scorpio
- 07:06 – 07:18 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