San Jose panchang, 8 March 2028
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 15:45 Phalguna 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
06:28 to 18:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:51 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:45
- 14:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:07 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:52 Moon enters Leo
- 00:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 00:32 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 22:52 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 15:26
- Karana Kaulava until 14:17, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:52 Moon enters Leo
- 00:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:45
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. 04:50 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:52 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:51 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:40 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:50 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:27 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
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:28 Capricorn
- 05:28 – 06:46 Aquarius
- 06:46 – 08:00 Pisces
- 08:00 – 09:27 Aries
- 09:27 – 11:17 Taurus
- 11:17 – 13:34 Gemini
- 13:34 – 16:02 Cancer
- 16:02 – 18:30 Leo
- 18:30 – 20:56 Virgo
- 20:56 – 23:25 Libra
- 23:25 – 01:48 next day Scorpio
- 01:48 – 03:50 next day Sagittarius
- 03:50 – 05:24 next day Capricorn
- 05:24 – 06:27 next day Aquarius
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