Los Angeles panchang, 21 August 2024
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 19:30 Moonrise 21:00 Shravana month
Los Angeles, California, United States · 34.05°, -118.24° · America/Los_Angeles (UTC-07:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 19:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:59 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 11:16 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:29 – 13:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:55 – 14:34
- 06:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 14:55 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:30 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:30 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 01:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 01:16 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 12:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:40 next day
- Karana Vanija until 14:55, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 14:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 01:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:55 – 01:16 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:40 – 02:40 next day
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. 04:53 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:29 – 13:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:30 – 21:40
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:59 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:16 – 12:55 | Good |
| Rog | 12:55 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:34 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Char | 16:13 – 17:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:52 – 19:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:30 – 20:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:34 | Good |
| Char | 23:34 – 00:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:56 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:17 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:00 Cancer
- 06:00 – 08:23 Leo
- 08:23 – 10:46 Virgo
- 10:46 – 13:11 Libra
- 13:11 – 15:32 Scorpio
- 15:32 – 17:35 Sagittarius
- 17:35 – 19:12 Capricorn
- 19:12 – 20:34 Aquarius
- 20:34 – 21:52 Pisces
- 21:52 – 23:22 Aries
- 23:22 – 01:15 next day Taurus
- 01:15 – 03:31 next day Gemini
- 03:31 – 05:56 next day Cancer
- 05:56 – 06:21 next day Leo
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