Los Angeles panchang, 16 December 2024
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 18:09 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
06:53 to 16:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:07 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 10:35 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam 13:02 – 14:16
- Durmuhurta 14:06 – 14:46
- 09:52 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 10:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
16:44 to 06:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:17 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 21:26
- Nakshatra Ardra until 11:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 09:52
- Karana Taitila until 10:07, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:52 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 10:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 21:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:17 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:02 – 14:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:06 – 14:46
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. 05:00 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 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
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:07 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:21 – 10:35 | Good |
| Rog | 10:35 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:48 – 13:02 | Bad |
| Char | 13:02 – 14:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:16 – 15:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:30 – 16:44 | Good |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:30 – 20:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:16 – 22:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:03 – 23:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:49 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:35 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:21 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:07 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:52 Scorpio
- 06:52 – 08:55 Sagittarius
- 08:55 – 10:32 Capricorn
- 10:32 – 11:54 Aquarius
- 11:54 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 14:42 Aries
- 14:42 – 16:35 Taurus
- 16:35 – 18:51 Gemini
- 18:51 – 21:16 Cancer
- 21:16 – 23:39 Leo
- 23:39 – 02:02 next day Virgo
- 02:02 – 04:27 next day Libra
- 04:27 – 06:48 next day Scorpio
- 06:48 – 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