Los Angeles panchang, 4 December 2024
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 16:42 Moonrise 10:03 Margashirsha month
Los Angeles, California, United States · 34.05°, -118.24° · America/Los_Angeles (UTC-08:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 16:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:59 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:28 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:23 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 12:58
- 09:49 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:33 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:42 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:42 – 19:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:57 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 23:19 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 23:19
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 03:56 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 22:57
- Karana Vanija until 11:33, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:49 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:33 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:57 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 23:19 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:23 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 12:58
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. 04:52 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:42 – 19:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:44 – 03:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:44 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:59 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:28 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 12:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:58 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Char | 14:12 – 15:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:27 – 16:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:42 – 18:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:27 – 20:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:13 – 21:58 | Good |
| Char | 21:58 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:45 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
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:18 Libra
- 05:18 – 07:39 Scorpio
- 07:39 – 09:42 Sagittarius
- 09:42 – 11:19 Capricorn
- 11:19 – 12:41 Aquarius
- 12:41 – 14:00 Pisces
- 14:00 – 15:29 Aries
- 15:29 – 17:22 Taurus
- 17:22 – 19:38 Gemini
- 19:38 – 22:03 Cancer
- 22:03 – 00:26 next day Leo
- 00:26 – 02:49 next day Virgo
- 02:49 – 05:14 next day Libra
- 05:14 – 06:45 next day Scorpio
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 PST (UTC-8) · Method