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📍 San Francisco📅 Friday, September 18, 2026🌅 6:54 AM · 🌇 7:13 PM

Choghadiya today in San Francisco

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Choghadiya

San Francisco · sixteen periods from sunrise 6:54 AM to tomorrow’s sunrise 6:55 AM

ℹ️Begin auspicious work in a good choghadiya or muhurat window, and keep starts out of Rahu Kaal.

Today's day and night choghadiya (आज का चौघड़िया)

Computed astronomically from San Francisco's own sunrise at 6:54 AM.

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Day choghadiya (दिन)

6:54 AM – 7:13 PM
Daylight, 6:54 AM to 7:13 PM: every choghadiya period
Period & Ruler (मुहूर्त एवं स्वामी)Time & Status (समय एवं स्थिति)
Chalचर🟡 Neutral (चल)

Ruler: Venus · travel and movement

6:54 AM – 8:27 AM
🟡 Neutral (चल)
Labhलाभ🟢 Auspicious (शुभ)

Ruler: Mercury · money, study, deals

8:27 AM – 9:59 AM
🟢 Auspicious (शुभ)
Amritअमृत🟢 Auspicious (शुभ)

Ruler: Moon · best of the eight

9:59 AM – 11:31 AM
🟢 Auspicious (शुभ)
Kaalकाल🔴 Inauspicious (अशुभ)

Ruler: Saturn · worst of the eight

11:31 AM – 1:03 PM
🔴 Inauspicious (अशुभ)
Shubhशुभ🟢 Auspicious (शुभ)

Ruler: Jupiter · things meant to last

1:03 PM – 2:36 PM
🟢 Auspicious (शुभ)
Rogरोग🔴 Inauspicious (अशुभ)

Ruler: Mars · illness and conflict

2:36 PM – 4:08 PM
🔴 Inauspicious (अशुभ)
Udvegउद्वेग🔴 Inauspicious (अशुभ)

Ruler: Sun · a restless hour

4:08 PM – 5:40 PM
🔴 Inauspicious (अशुभ)
Chalचर🟡 Neutral (चल)

Ruler: Venus · travel and movement

5:40 PM – 7:13 PM
🟡 Neutral (चल)
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Night choghadiya (रात)

7:13 PM – 6:55 AM
Night, 7:13 PM to 6:55 AM: every choghadiya period
Period & Ruler (मुहूर्त एवं स्वामी)Time & Status (समय एवं स्थिति)
Rogरोग🔴 Inauspicious (अशुभ)

Ruler: Mars · illness and conflict

7:13 PM – 8:40 PM
🔴 Inauspicious (अशुभ)
Kaalकाल🔴 Inauspicious (अशुभ)

Ruler: Saturn · worst of the eight

8:40 PM – 10:08 PM
🔴 Inauspicious (अशुभ)
Labhलाभ🟢 Auspicious (शुभ)

Ruler: Mercury · money, study, deals

10:08 PM – 11:36 PM
🟢 Auspicious (शुभ)
Udvegउद्वेग🔴 Inauspicious (अशुभ)

Ruler: Sun · a restless hour

11:36 PM – 1:04 AM
🔴 Inauspicious (अशुभ)
Shubhशुभ🟢 Auspicious (शुभ)

Ruler: Jupiter · things meant to last

1:04 AM – 2:32 AM
🟢 Auspicious (शुभ)
Amritअमृत🟢 Auspicious (शुभ)

Ruler: Moon · best of the eight

2:32 AM – 3:59 AM
🟢 Auspicious (शुभ)
Chalचर🟡 Neutral (चल)

Ruler: Venus · travel and movement

3:59 AM – 5:27 AM
🟡 Neutral (चल)
Rogरोग🔴 Inauspicious (अशुभ)

Ruler: Mars · illness and conflict

5:27 AM – 6:55 AM
🔴 Inauspicious (अशुभ)

24-Hour Day Ring at a glance (24 घंटे का दृश्य चक्र)

The whole day from this sunrise to the next, in one view.

  • good
  • neutral
  • avoid
  • Abhijit
  • Rahu, Yamaganda, Gulika
  • Brahma Muhurta

Choghadiya in San Francisco today

In San Francisco today, Friday, September 18, 2026, the sun rises at 6:54 AM and sets at 7:13 PM, giving 12 hr 18 min of daylight. Divided into eight, each day choghadiya runs 1 hr 32 min. The night, from 7:13 PM to tomorrow’s sunrise at 6:55 AM, is 11 hr 43 min, so each night choghadiya runs 1 hr 28 min. The day periods are longer than the night ones at this time of year.

Today is a Friday, so the day opens with Chal at sunrise and the night opens with Rog at sunset. The auspicious daylight periods in San Francisco fall at Labh 8:27 AM – 9:59 AM, Amrit 9:59 AM – 11:31 AM, Shubh 1:03 PM – 2:36 PM; the ones to avoid are Kaal 11:31 AM – 1:03 PM, Rog 2:36 PM – 4:08 PM, Udveg 4:08 PM – 5:40 PM.

These are San Francisco’s own boundaries. A city a few hundred kilometres east or west has a different sunrise, and every one of the sixteen periods shifts with it, which is why a choghadiya table for another city is not a substitute for this one.

What Choghadiya is and how it is calculated →

Choghadiya in San Francisco: questions

What is the best choghadiya today in San Francisco?

In daylight: Labh 8:27 AM – 9:59 AM, Amrit 9:59 AM – 11:31 AM, Shubh 1:03 PM – 2:36 PM. After sunset: Labh 10:08 PM – 11:36 PM, Shubh 1:04 AM – 2:32 AM, Amrit 2:32 AM – 3:59 AM. Amrit is treated as the best of them, Shubh for anything meant to last, and Labh for gain; all three are fine for a beginning. Times are for San Francisco on Friday, September 18, 2026.

How long is one choghadiya in San Francisco today?

1 hr 32 min by day and 1 hr 28 min by night. Daylight in San Francisco today is 12 hr 18 min and the night is 11 hr 43 min; each is divided into eight equal parts, so the nominal 96 minutes is only a name.

Does Rahu Kaal fall inside a good choghadiya today in San Francisco?

Rahu Kaal in San Francisco today runs 11:31 AM – 1:03 PM, which overlaps Kaal (11:31 AM – 1:03 PM). None of those is an auspicious period, so the two systems do not conflict today: the good choghadiya windows are all clear of Rahu Kaal.

What is the first choghadiya at sunrise today in San Francisco?

Chal, from 6:54 AM – 8:27 AM, because today is a Friday, and the day sequence for that weekday always opens on Chal. The night sequence tonight opens with Rog at 7:13 PM.

Everything else today in San Francisco

  • 11:31 AM – 1:03 PM

    The ninety minutes a day nothing new should be started.

  • 12:39 PM – 1:28 PM

    The 48 minutes astride solar noon, the safe default for a beginning.

  • 5:21 AM – 6:08 AM

    The 48 minutes before dawn, the hour tradition reserves for practice.

  • 4:08 PM – 5:40 PM

    The second daily avoidance window, the one for health and paperwork.

  • 8:27 AM – 9:59 AM

    The window whose events are said to repeat, which cuts both ways.

  • 9:22 AM – 10:11 AM

    The short unlucky muhurtas of the fifteen: one or two, depending on the day.

  • 24 planetary hours, from 6:54 AM

    Twenty-four planetary hours, and what each ruler is traditionally used for.