Los Angeles panchang, 14 October 2024
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 16:52 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
06:58 to 18:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:23 – 09:48
- Yamaganda 11:13 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta 13:01 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 14:03 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:02
- 12:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 15:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:18 to 06:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:33 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:43 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 04:19 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 15:12
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 12:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 01:43 next day
- Karana Balava until 15:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 15:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:33 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:43 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 04:19 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:01 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:02
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 10:40 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:43 – 11:36
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. 05:17 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:58 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:23 – 09:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:48 – 11:13 | Good |
| Rog | 11:13 – 12:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:38 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Char | 14:03 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 16:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:53 – 18:18 | Good |
| Char | 18:18 – 19:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:53 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:28 – 23:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:03 – 00:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:38 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:14 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:49 – 05:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:24 – 06:59 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 07:13 Virgo
- 07:13 – 09:38 Libra
- 09:38 – 12:00 Scorpio
- 12:00 – 14:02 Sagittarius
- 14:02 – 15:40 Capricorn
- 15:40 – 17:01 Aquarius
- 17:01 – 18:20 Pisces
- 18:20 – 19:50 Aries
- 19:50 – 21:43 Taurus
- 21:43 – 23:59 Gemini
- 23:59 – 02:24 next day Cancer
- 02:24 – 04:47 next day Leo
- 04:47 – 06:59 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