Los Angeles panchang, 7 December 2024
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 16:42 Moonrise 11:52 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
06:47 to 16:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:47 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 07:26 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:15 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 12:59 – 14:13
- 08:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:42 to 06:47 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:42 – 19:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:55 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 20:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:14
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 02:33 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 16:55
- Karana Gara until 08:58, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:55 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 20:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:47 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:26 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:59 – 14:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:55 – 18:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:14 – 07:26 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. 04:54 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:42 – 19:31
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:47 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:01 – 09:15 | Good |
| Rog | 09:15 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 12:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:59 – 14:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:13 – 15:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:27 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:28 – 20:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:13 – 21:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:59 – 23:45 | Good |
| Char | 23:45 – 01:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:30 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:02 – 06:47 next day | Good |
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
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:47 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
- 05:47 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:06 Libra
- 05:06 – 07:27 Scorpio
- 07:27 – 09:30 Sagittarius
- 09:30 – 11:08 Capricorn
- 11:08 – 12:29 Aquarius
- 12:29 – 13:48 Pisces
- 13:48 – 15:18 Aries
- 15:18 – 17:10 Taurus
- 17:10 – 19:26 Gemini
- 19:26 – 21:51 Cancer
- 21:51 – 00:15 next day Leo
- 00:15 – 02:37 next day Virgo
- 02:37 – 05:02 next day Libra
- 05:02 – 06:47 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