Los Angeles panchang, 16 October 2024
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 17:53 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
07:00 to 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:24 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam 11:13 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:38 – 14:02
- 08:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:26 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:15 to 07:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:50 next day Moon enters Aries
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 08:11
- Nakshatra Revati until 03:50 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:26
- Karana Vanija until 08:11, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:26 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 18:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:50 next day Moon enters Aries
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:11 – 18:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:38 – 14:02
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:00 – 03:50 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:50 – 07:01 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. 05:18 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:24 – 09:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:49 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:13 – 12:38 | Good |
| Rog | 12:38 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:02 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 23:02 | Good |
| Char | 23:02 – 00:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:38 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:14 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:49 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:25 – 07:01 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
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:05 Virgo
- 07:05 – 09:30 Libra
- 09:30 – 11:52 Scorpio
- 11:52 – 13:54 Sagittarius
- 13:54 – 15:32 Capricorn
- 15:32 – 16:53 Aquarius
- 16:53 – 18:12 Pisces
- 18:12 – 19:42 Aries
- 19:42 – 21:35 Taurus
- 21:35 – 23:51 Gemini
- 23:51 – 02:16 next day Cancer
- 02:16 – 04:39 next day Leo
- 04:39 – 07:01 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