Los Angeles panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 19:24 Moonrise 23:21 Chaitra month
Los Angeles, California, United States · 34.05°, -118.24° · America/Los_Angeles (UTC-07:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 19:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:59 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam 11:15 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:30
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
19:24 to 06:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:24 – 21:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 02:53 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 17:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 11:48
- Karana Bava until 13:53, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 02:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
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) 11:02 – 11:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:15 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:30
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. 04:53 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:24 – 21:35
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:21 – 17:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:21 – 17:25
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:21 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:59 – 09:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:37 – 11:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:15 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:30 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Char | 16:08 – 17:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:24 – 20:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:08 – 23:30 | Good |
| Char | 23:30 – 00:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:52 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:14 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:20 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
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 04:58 Aquarius
- 04:58 – 06:17 Pisces
- 06:17 – 07:47 Aries
- 07:47 – 09:39 Taurus
- 09:39 – 11:55 Gemini
- 11:55 – 14:20 Cancer
- 14:20 – 16:44 Leo
- 16:44 – 19:06 Virgo
- 19:06 – 21:31 Libra
- 21:31 – 23:52 Scorpio
- 23:52 – 01:55 next day Sagittarius
- 01:55 – 03:33 next day Capricorn
- 03:33 – 04:54 next day Aquarius
- 04:54 – 06:13 next day Pisces
- 06:13 – 06:20 next day Aries
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 PDT (UTC-7) · Method