Los Angeles panchang, 23 December 2024
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 16:47 Moonrise 00:16 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
06:57 to 16:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:10 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:38 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:06 – 14:20
- Durmuhurta 14:10 – 14:49
Night
16:47 to 06:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:47 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:47 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 06:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 06:22 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 06:22 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 22:47 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 07:23 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:00, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:47 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 06:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 06:22 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:10 – 14:49
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 22:47 – 06:57 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. 05:03 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:47 – 19:37
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:10 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:38 | Good |
| Rog | 10:38 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Char | 13:06 – 14:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:20 – 15:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:33 – 16:47 | Good |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:34 – 20:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:20 – 22:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:06 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:38 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:11 – 06:57 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
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:47 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:24 Scorpio
- 06:24 – 08:27 Sagittarius
- 08:27 – 10:05 Capricorn
- 10:05 – 11:26 Aquarius
- 11:26 – 12:45 Pisces
- 12:45 – 14:15 Aries
- 14:15 – 16:07 Taurus
- 16:07 – 18:23 Gemini
- 18:23 – 20:48 Cancer
- 20:48 – 23:12 Leo
- 23:12 – 01:34 next day Virgo
- 01:34 – 03:59 next day Libra
- 03:59 – 06:21 next day Scorpio
- 06:21 – 06:57 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