Los Angeles panchang, 22 January 2025
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 00:54 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
06:56 to 17:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:13 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:21
- 13:04 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 15:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:07 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:12 to 06:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 04:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 04:08 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 13:04 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 15:07
- Karana Taitila until 15:01, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:04 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 15:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:07 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 04:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:21
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:07 – 17:31
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:25 – 13:41
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 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:57
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:13 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Char | 14:38 – 15:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:55 – 17:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:12 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:55 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:13 – 06:56 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
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:47 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:29 Sagittarius
- 06:29 – 08:07 Capricorn
- 08:07 – 09:28 Aquarius
- 09:28 – 10:47 Pisces
- 10:47 – 12:17 Aries
- 12:17 – 14:09 Taurus
- 14:09 – 16:25 Gemini
- 16:25 – 18:51 Cancer
- 18:51 – 21:14 Leo
- 21:14 – 23:36 Virgo
- 23:36 – 02:01 next day Libra
- 02:01 – 04:23 next day Scorpio
- 04:23 – 06:25 next day Sagittarius
- 06:25 – 06:56 next day Capricorn
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