Los Angeles panchang, 15 December 2024
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 17:03 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
06:52 to 16:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 11:48 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 14:16 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:25 – 16:04
- Rahu Kalam 15:30 – 16:44
- 11:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:50 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
16:44 to 06:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:57 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 22:57
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 12:50 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 12:33
- Karana Balava until 11:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:50 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 22:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:57 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:16 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:25 – 16:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 16:44
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. 04:59 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:34
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:52 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:06 – 09:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:20 – 10:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:34 – 11:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:48 – 13:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:02 – 14:16 | Good |
| Rog | 14:16 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:30 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:44 – 18:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:30 – 20:16 | Good |
| Char | 20:16 – 22:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:02 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:34 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:21 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:07 – 06:53 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
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:56 Scorpio
- 06:56 – 08:59 Sagittarius
- 08:59 – 10:36 Capricorn
- 10:36 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 13:16 Pisces
- 13:16 – 14:46 Aries
- 14:46 – 16:39 Taurus
- 16:39 – 18:55 Gemini
- 18:55 – 21:20 Cancer
- 21:20 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 02:06 next day Virgo
- 02:06 – 04:31 next day Libra
- 04:31 – 06:52 next day Scorpio
- 06:52 – 06:53 next day Sagittarius
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