Los Angeles panchang, 8 January 2025
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 16:59 Moonrise 12:24 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 16:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:14
- 11:54 Karana becomes Gara
Night
16:59 to 07:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:59 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 22:53
- Nakshatra Bharani until 01:37 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 03:59 next day
- Karana Taitila until 11:54, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:14
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:00 – 01:37 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 03:11 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:12 – 04:10 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. 05:08 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:59 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:00 – 01:37 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:37 – 07:00 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:37 – 07:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Char | 14:29 – 15:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:44 – 16:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:59 – 18:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:44 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:15 – 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 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:22 Scorpio
- 05:22 – 07:24 Sagittarius
- 07:24 – 09:02 Capricorn
- 09:02 – 10:23 Aquarius
- 10:23 – 11:42 Pisces
- 11:42 – 13:12 Aries
- 13:12 – 15:05 Taurus
- 15:05 – 17:21 Gemini
- 17:21 – 19:46 Cancer
- 19:46 – 22:09 Leo
- 22:09 – 00:31 next day Virgo
- 00:31 – 02:56 next day Libra
- 02:56 – 05:18 next day Scorpio
- 05:18 – 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