Los Angeles panchang, 3 January 2025
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 09:54 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
07:00 to 16:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:14 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta 08:59 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:26 – 15:41
- 08:51 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 10:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:10 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:55 to 07:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 21:21 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 10:10
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 08:51 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 20:38
- Karana Vishti until 10:10, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:51 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 10:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 10:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 21:21 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:55 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:59 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 12:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 15:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:38 – 18:02 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. 05:07 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:55 – 19:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:00 – 08:51
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:00 – 08:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:14 – 09:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:29 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:26 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Char | 15:41 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:55 – 18:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:41 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:26 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:29 – 05:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:41 Scorpio
- 05:41 – 07:44 Sagittarius
- 07:44 – 09:21 Capricorn
- 09:21 – 10:43 Aquarius
- 10:43 – 12:02 Pisces
- 12:02 – 13:32 Aries
- 13:32 – 15:24 Taurus
- 15:24 – 17:40 Gemini
- 17:40 – 20:05 Cancer
- 20:05 – 22:28 Leo
- 22:28 – 00:51 next day Virgo
- 00:51 – 03:16 next day Libra
- 03:16 – 05:37 next day Scorpio
- 05:37 – 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