Los Angeles panchang, 1 January 2025
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 16:53 Moonrise 08:43 Pausha 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
06:59 to 16:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:14 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:11
- 10:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 12:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:54 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:53 to 07:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:53 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:27 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 12:54
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 10:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 01:27 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:54, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 12:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:27 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:27 – 02:39 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. 05:06 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:53 – 19:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:59 – 12:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:59 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:14 – 09:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:28 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:39 – 16:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:53 – 18:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:39 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:14 – 07:00 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
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 05:49 Scorpio
- 05:49 – 07:52 Sagittarius
- 07:52 – 09:29 Capricorn
- 09:29 – 10:51 Aquarius
- 10:51 – 12:10 Pisces
- 12:10 – 13:39 Aries
- 13:39 – 15:32 Taurus
- 15:32 – 17:48 Gemini
- 17:48 – 20:13 Cancer
- 20:13 – 22:36 Leo
- 22:36 – 00:59 next day Virgo
- 00:59 – 03:24 next day Libra
- 03:24 – 05:45 next day Scorpio
- 05:45 – 07:00 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