Los Angeles panchang, 4 January 2025
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 10:24 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 16:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:00 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 07:40 – 08:19
- Rahu Kalam 09:29 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:27
- 07:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:56 to 07:00 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:02 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 19:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:05 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 06:45 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:31
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 07:53 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:02
- Karana Balava until 08:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:02 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 19:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:05 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 06:45 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:40 – 08:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:27
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) 11:38 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:56 – 19:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:53 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:00 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:14 – 09:29 | Good |
| Rog | 09:29 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:12 – 14:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:27 – 15:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:41 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:27 – 22:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:12 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 05:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:14 – 07:00 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:37 Scorpio
- 05:37 – 07:40 Sagittarius
- 07:40 – 09:17 Capricorn
- 09:17 – 10:39 Aquarius
- 10:39 – 11:58 Pisces
- 11:58 – 13:28 Aries
- 13:28 – 15:20 Taurus
- 15:20 – 17:36 Gemini
- 17:36 – 20:01 Cancer
- 20:01 – 22:25 Leo
- 22:25 – 00:47 next day Virgo
- 00:47 – 03:12 next day Libra
- 03:12 – 05:33 next day Scorpio
- 05:33 – 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