Los Angeles panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 20:22 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
06:54 to 16:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:49 – 13:03
- 08:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
16:45 to 06:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:03 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:33
- Nakshatra Pushya until 11:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:03 next day
- Karana Bava until 08:28, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:03 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:03 – 06:15 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. 05:01 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:35
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:54 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 11:49 | Good |
| Rog | 11:49 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:03 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Char | 14:17 – 15:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:31 – 16:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:45 – 18:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:31 – 20:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:17 – 22:03 | Good |
| Char | 22:03 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:36 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:55 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
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:44 Scorpio
- 06:44 – 08:47 Sagittarius
- 08:47 – 10:24 Capricorn
- 10:24 – 11:46 Aquarius
- 11:46 – 13:05 Pisces
- 13:05 – 14:34 Aries
- 14:34 – 16:27 Taurus
- 16:27 – 18:43 Gemini
- 18:43 – 21:08 Cancer
- 21:08 – 23:31 Leo
- 23:31 – 01:54 next day Virgo
- 01:54 – 04:19 next day Libra
- 04:19 – 06:40 next day Scorpio
- 06:40 – 06:55 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