Los Angeles panchang, 9 October 2024
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 13:31 Ashwin 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
06:55 to 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:21 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam 11:13 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:39 – 14:05
- 11:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:22 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:24 to 06:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 00:02 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 00:02 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 16:45 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shobhana until 17:22
- Karana Gara until 11:58, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:22 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 00:02 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:21 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:39 – 14:05
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:22 – 19:46
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. 05:15 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:55 – 00:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:55 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:21 – 09:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:47 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:13 – 12:39 | Good |
| Rog | 12:39 – 14:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:05 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 23:06 | Good |
| Char | 23:06 – 00:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:40 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:14 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:47 – 05:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:21 – 06:55 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
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 07:33 Virgo
- 07:33 – 09:58 Libra
- 09:58 – 12:19 Scorpio
- 12:19 – 14:22 Sagittarius
- 14:22 – 16:00 Capricorn
- 16:00 – 17:21 Aquarius
- 17:21 – 18:40 Pisces
- 18:40 – 20:10 Aries
- 20:10 – 22:02 Taurus
- 22:02 – 00:18 next day Gemini
- 00:18 – 02:43 next day Cancer
- 02:43 – 05:07 next day Leo
- 05:07 – 06:55 next day Virgo
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