Los Angeles panchang, 4 May 2025
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 19:38 Moonrise 12:33 Vaishakha 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
06:01 to 19:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 12:49 – 14:32
- Gulika Kalam 16:14 – 17:56
- Durmuhurta 17:49 – 18:43
- Rahu Kalam 17:56 – 19:38
- 06:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:06 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:38 to 06:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:38 – 21:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:31 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:06
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 01:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 12:11
- Karana Vishti until 06:51, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:31 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:49 – 06:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:49 – 14:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:14 – 17:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:49 – 18:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:56 – 19:38
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 00:03 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:58 – 01:07 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. 04:38 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:38 – 21:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:31 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:01 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:43 – 09:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:25 – 11:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:07 – 12:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:49 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:32 – 16:14 | Good |
| Rog | 16:14 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:56 – 19:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:38 – 20:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:56 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:31 – 00:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:49 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:07 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:25 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:42 – 06:00 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
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:06 Pisces
- 05:06 – 06:36 Aries
- 06:36 – 08:28 Taurus
- 08:28 – 10:44 Gemini
- 10:44 – 13:09 Cancer
- 13:09 – 15:33 Leo
- 15:33 – 17:55 Virgo
- 17:55 – 20:20 Libra
- 20:20 – 22:42 Scorpio
- 22:42 – 00:44 next day Sagittarius
- 00:44 – 02:22 next day Capricorn
- 02:22 – 03:43 next day Aquarius
- 03:43 – 05:02 next day Pisces
- 05:02 – 06:00 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