San Jose panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 17:50 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
07:20 to 16:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 09:44 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta 10:31 – 11:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 14:59
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 13:37 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:53 to 07:21 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:03 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 13:37
- Nakshatra Ardra until 12:17 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 18:58
- Karana Kaulava until 13:37, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 13:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:03 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:44 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:31 – 11:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 14:59
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:20 – 12:17
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. 05:25 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:53 – 19:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:17 – 07:21 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:17 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:20 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:32 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:44 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Char | 10:55 – 12:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:07 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:30 – 15:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:42 – 16:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:53 – 18:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:42 – 20:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:30 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:55 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:44 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:32 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:42 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:46 Scorpio
- 06:46 – 08:48 Sagittarius
- 08:48 – 10:22 Capricorn
- 10:22 – 11:40 Aquarius
- 11:40 – 12:54 Pisces
- 12:54 – 14:20 Aries
- 14:20 – 16:11 Taurus
- 16:11 – 18:28 Gemini
- 18:28 – 20:56 Cancer
- 20:56 – 23:24 Leo
- 23:24 – 01:50 next day Virgo
- 01:50 – 04:19 next day Libra
- 04:19 – 06:42 next day Scorpio
- 06:42 – 07:21 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