Los Angeles panchang, 18 December 2025
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 05:58 Margashirsha 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
06:54 to 16:45- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:54 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam 09:22 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta 10:11 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam 13:03 – 14:17
- Durmuhurta 14:07 – 14:47
- 15:29 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:29 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
16:45 to 06:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:16 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:38 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 15:29
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 09:21 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 02:16 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 15:29, then Chatushpada
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:29 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:29 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:16 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:38 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:11 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:03 – 14:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:07 – 14:47
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:16 – 04:40 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. 05:01 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:29 – 06:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:54 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:08 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:22 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Char | 10:35 – 11:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:49 – 13:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:03 – 14:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:17 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:31 – 16:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:45 – 18:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:31 – 20:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:17 – 22:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:03 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:50 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:36 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:22 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:54 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
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:45 Scorpio
- 06:45 – 08:48 Sagittarius
- 08:48 – 10:25 Capricorn
- 10:25 – 11:47 Aquarius
- 11:47 – 13:06 Pisces
- 13:06 – 14:35 Aries
- 14:35 – 16:28 Taurus
- 16:28 – 18:44 Gemini
- 18:44 – 21:09 Cancer
- 21:09 – 23:32 Leo
- 23:32 – 01:55 next day Virgo
- 01:55 – 04:20 next day Libra
- 04:20 – 06:41 next day Scorpio
- 06:41 – 06:54 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