San Jose panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 14:30 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
07:19 to 16:52- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:31 – 09:42
- Yamaganda 10:54 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 14:57
- 12:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:34 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:52 to 07:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:15 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 00:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 00:54 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:15 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 12:02
- Karana Kaulava until 14:34, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:15 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 00:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 14:57
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 16:52 – 19:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:15 – 07:19 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:15 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:19 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:31 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:42 – 10:54 | Good |
| Rog | 10:54 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:29 – 15:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:40 – 16:52 | Good |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:40 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:29 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:54 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:42 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:31 – 07:19 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:58 Scorpio
- 06:58 – 09:00 Sagittarius
- 09:00 – 10:34 Capricorn
- 10:34 – 11:51 Aquarius
- 11:51 – 13:06 Pisces
- 13:06 – 14:32 Aries
- 14:32 – 16:23 Taurus
- 16:23 – 18:40 Gemini
- 18:40 – 21:08 Cancer
- 21:08 – 23:35 Leo
- 23:35 – 02:02 next day Virgo
- 02:02 – 04:31 next day Libra
- 04:31 – 06:54 next day Scorpio
- 06:54 – 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