San Jose panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 10:24 Pausha 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 16:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam 10:53 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:17
- 08:58 Moon enters Aquarius
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
16:51 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:06 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 19:53
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 22:06 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 11:50
- Karana Balava until 19:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:58 Moon enters Aquarius
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:06 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:50 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:17
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:19 – 22:06
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:06 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:30 – 09:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:42 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:53 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Char | 14:28 – 15:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:40 – 16:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:40 – 20:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:28 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:31 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:00 Scorpio
- 07:00 – 09:02 Sagittarius
- 09:02 – 10:36 Capricorn
- 10:36 – 11:53 Aquarius
- 11:53 – 13:08 Pisces
- 13:08 – 14:34 Aries
- 14:34 – 16:25 Taurus
- 16:25 – 18:42 Gemini
- 18:42 – 21:10 Cancer
- 21:10 – 23:37 Leo
- 23:37 – 02:04 next day Virgo
- 02:04 – 04:33 next day Libra
- 04:33 – 06:56 next day Scorpio
- 06:56 – 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