Los Angeles panchang, 17 December 2024
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 19:17 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:31
- Yamaganda 09:21 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:49 – 13:03
- Rahu Kalam 14:17 – 15:31
- 07:40 Yoga becomes Indra
- 08:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
16:44 to 06:54 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:03 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:36
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 11:14 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 07:40
- Karana Vanija until 08:56, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:40 Yoga becomes Indra
- 08:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 20:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:03 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:31
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:56 – 20:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:17 – 15:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:03 – 05:03 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. 05:00 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:53 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:53 – 08:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:07 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Char | 09:21 – 10:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:35 – 11:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:49 – 13:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:03 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:17 – 15:31 | Good |
| Rog | 15:31 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:44 – 18:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:31 – 20:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:17 – 22:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:03 – 23:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:49 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:35 – 03:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:22 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:08 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:49 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:49 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:43 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
- 05:53 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:48 Scorpio
- 06:48 – 08:51 Sagittarius
- 08:51 – 10:28 Capricorn
- 10:28 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 13:09 Pisces
- 13:09 – 14:38 Aries
- 14:38 – 16:31 Taurus
- 16:31 – 18:47 Gemini
- 18:47 – 21:12 Cancer
- 21:12 – 23:35 Leo
- 23:35 – 01:58 next day Virgo
- 01:58 – 04:23 next day Libra
- 04:23 – 06:44 next day Scorpio
- 06:44 – 06:54 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