Los Angeles panchang, 18 August 2025
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 19:34 Moonrise 01:12 Shravana 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
06:18 to 19:34- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:57 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 11:16 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:29 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta 13:23 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:36 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta 16:02 – 16:55
- 10:29 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:36 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 15:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:34 to 06:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:34 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 03:03 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 13:36 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 10:29
- Karana Bava until 15:56, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:29 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:36 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 15:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:29 – 11:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:23 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:02 – 16:55
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. 04:52 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:29 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:34 – 21:43
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:18 – 13:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 13:36
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:18 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:57 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:37 – 11:16 | Good |
| Rog | 11:16 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:56 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Char | 14:36 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:55 – 19:34 | Good |
| Char | 19:34 – 20:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:55 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:15 – 23:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:36 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:56 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:17 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:37 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:58 – 06:18 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:13 Cancer
- 06:13 – 08:36 Leo
- 08:36 – 10:58 Virgo
- 10:58 – 13:23 Libra
- 13:23 – 15:45 Scorpio
- 15:45 – 17:47 Sagittarius
- 17:47 – 19:25 Capricorn
- 19:25 – 20:46 Aquarius
- 20:46 – 22:05 Pisces
- 22:05 – 23:35 Aries
- 23:35 – 01:28 next day Taurus
- 01:28 – 03:44 next day Gemini
- 03:44 – 06:09 next day Cancer
- 06:09 – 06:18 next day Leo
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