San Jose panchang, 20 December 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 13:46 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
07:18 to 16:51- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:28 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:13
- Rahu Kalam 15:40 – 16:51
- 15:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
16:51 to 07:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:06 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 04:06 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 23:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 15:37
- Karana Bava until 17:30, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 17:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:06 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:40 – 16:51
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:18 – 23:39
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. 05:23 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:51 – 19:45
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:30 – 09:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:42 – 10:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:53 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:28 | Good |
| Rog | 14:28 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:40 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:51 – 18:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:40 – 20:28 | Good |
| Char | 20:28 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:54 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:42 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:30 – 07:19 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
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:02 Scorpio
- 07:02 – 09:04 Sagittarius
- 09:04 – 10:38 Capricorn
- 10:38 – 11:55 Aquarius
- 11:55 – 13:10 Pisces
- 13:10 – 14:36 Aries
- 14:36 – 16:27 Taurus
- 16:27 – 18:44 Gemini
- 18:44 – 21:12 Cancer
- 21:12 – 23:39 Leo
- 23:39 – 02:06 next day Virgo
- 02:06 – 04:34 next day Libra
- 04:34 – 06:58 next day Scorpio
- 06:58 – 07:19 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