Vedic Astrology in San Jose: Panchang, Kundli & Muhurat

Astrology tools for San Jose

Upcoming vrat and festival dates in San Jose

• Krishna Ekadashi from Tue 3 Nov, 9:34 PM to Wed 4 Nov, 9:06 PM
• Amavasya (New Moon) from Sat 7 Nov, 9:58 PM to Sun 8 Nov, 11:02 PM
• Vrishchika Sankranti (Sun enters Vrishchika (Scorpio)) Mon 16 Nov, 6:05 AM
• Shukla Ekadashi from Thu 19 Nov, 5:46 PM to Fri 20 Nov, 5:01 PM
• Purnima (Full Moon) from Mon 23 Nov, 10:13 AM to Tue 24 Nov, 6:54 AM
• Sankashti Chaturthi (Krishna Chaturthi) from Thu 26 Nov, 8:19 PM to Fri 27 Nov, 5:10 PM

Start and end times are in San Jose time. A vrat is usually kept on the day the Tithi is running at sunrise; your family or temple tradition may differ.

Vedic traditions in San Jose

The San Francisco Bay Area, from San Jose and Sunnyvale to Fremont, has a large Indian tech community. Pacific Time is 13 h 30 min behind India in winter and 12 h 30 min in summer, so a festival Tithi here often starts on the previous calendar day compared with an Indian calendar.

San Jose by the numbers

Daylight in San Jose today lasts 10 h 39 min. Over the year it ranges from about 9 h 35 min to 14 h 44 min, so Rahu Kaal here is anywhere from 72 to 111 minutes long, and every daytime Muhurat stretches and shrinks with the seasons.

Sunrise in San Jose today is 7:31 AM, 20 minutes later on the clock than in Los Angeles (492 km away). Even nearby cities need their own Panchang.

On 31 October the sunrise Tithi in San Jose is Krishna Saptami; in Delhi it is Krishna Shashthi. This is why a vrat date from an Indian calendar can be a day off in San Jose.

Vedic astrology for families in United States

Indian-American families celebrate every festival, but the date on an Indian calendar is often not the right date in America. The US is 9 h 30 min to 13 h 30 min behind India, so a Tithi that begins in the evening in Delhi may begin the morning before in New York. These pages give Panchang, Muhurat and festival times worked out for your American city and its daylight-saving rules.

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Time in San Jose and why it matters

San Jose is on Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7), 12 h 30 min behind India.

San Jose uses daylight saving time, so the gap to India changes during the year:

• 1 November 2026: clocks go back to UTC−8
• 14 March 2027: clocks go forward to UTC−7
• 7 November 2027: clocks go back to UTC−8

If you were born in San Jose, enter your birth time exactly as it is written on your birth certificate. That is the local clock time, already including summer time if it applied, and the birthplace tells the calculation which time zone to use.