👶 San Jose, California
Welcoming a baby in San Jose? In the Hindu naming tradition (Namkaran) the first letter of the name comes from the Nakshatra and pada the Moon was in at the moment of birth. Zodastro works it out from the baby's birth time and place and suggests names that start with the right syllable.
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The Moon moves through one Nakshatra in about a day, and through one pada in about six hours, so the birth time matters. Enter the time on the birth record exactly as written; in San Jose that is Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7), 12 h 30 min behind India. Below you can see the Nakshatra in San Jose right now and its syllables.
At sunrise today in San Jose the Moon is in Ardra, pada 2. Names for a baby born in this Nakshatra traditionally start with: Ku, Gha, Ng, Chha (one syllable for each of the four padas).
| Day (Vara) | Shukravar (Friday) |
|---|---|
| Tithi at sunrise | Krishna Shashthi until Sat 31 Oct, 4:28 AM |
| Nakshatra | Ardra (pada 2) until Fri 30 Oct, 6:41 PM |
| Sunrise / Sunset | 7:30 AM / 6:11 PM |
| Rahu Kaal (avoid) | 11:31 AM – 12:51 PM |
| Abhijit Muhurat (good) | 12:29 PM – 1:12 PM |
All times are San Jose local time (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC−7). Calculated from San Jose's own sunrise with the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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.
The length of the day decides the length of Rahu Kaal. In San Jose the shortest day has about 9 h 35 min of daylight and the longest about 14 h 44 min (today: 10 h 41 min), which gives a Rahu Kaal of 72 to 111 minutes.
Sunrise in San Jose today is 7:30 AM, 19 minutes later on the clock than in Los Angeles (492 km away). Even nearby cities need their own Panchang.
On 30 October the sunrise Tithi in San Jose is Krishna Shashthi; in Delhi it is Krishna Panchami. This is why a vrat date from an Indian calendar can be a day off in San Jose.
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:
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.
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.
No. Use the local time on the birth record and San Jose as the birthplace. Zodastro converts it to work out the correct Nakshatra.
At sunrise today in San Jose the Moon is in Ardra. It changes about once a day, and the page shows when it changes.
Yes. The Parent Blend tool suggests modern names that combine both parents' names.
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