San Jose panchang, 18 October 2028
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 08:09 Kartika month
San Jose, California, United States · 37.34°, -121.89° · America/Los_Angeles (UTC-07:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:43 – 10:06
- Gulika Kalam 11:29 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:15
- 12:56 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:31 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:24 to 07:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:31
- Nakshatra Swati until 02:28 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:56
- Karana Bava until 16:31, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:56 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:15
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. 05:36 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:31 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:43 – 10:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:06 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:29 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:15 – 15:38 | Bad |
| Char | 15:38 – 17:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:01 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:01 – 21:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:38 – 23:15 | Good |
| Char | 23:15 – 00:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:52 – 02:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:29 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:06 – 05:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:44 – 07:21 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
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 07:16 Virgo
- 07:16 – 09:44 Libra
- 09:44 – 12:08 Scorpio
- 12:08 – 14:09 Sagittarius
- 14:09 – 15:44 Capricorn
- 15:44 – 17:01 Aquarius
- 17:01 – 18:16 Pisces
- 18:16 – 19:42 Aries
- 19:42 – 21:33 Taurus
- 21:33 – 23:50 Gemini
- 23:50 – 02:18 next day Cancer
- 02:18 – 04:45 next day Leo
- 04:45 – 07:12 next day Virgo
- 07:12 – 07:21 next day Libra
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 PDT (UTC-7) · Method