Los Angeles panchang, 2 January 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 16:12 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
07:00 to 16:54- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:14 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta 08:58 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:25 – 15:40
- 15:41 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:54 to 07:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 02:02 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 03:58 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 19:35
- Karana Vishti until 15:41, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:58 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 12:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:40
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. 05:07 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:54 – 19:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:02 – 07:00 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:58 – 07:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:00 – 08:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:14 – 09:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:28 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:25 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Char | 15:40 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:54 – 18:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:40 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:25 – 22:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:11 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:28 – 05:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:14 – 07:00 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
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:46 Scorpio
- 05:46 – 07:49 Sagittarius
- 07:49 – 09:26 Capricorn
- 09:26 – 10:48 Aquarius
- 10:48 – 12:07 Pisces
- 12:07 – 13:36 Aries
- 13:36 – 15:29 Taurus
- 15:29 – 17:45 Gemini
- 17:45 – 20:10 Cancer
- 20:10 – 22:33 Leo
- 22:33 – 00:56 next day Virgo
- 00:56 – 03:21 next day Libra
- 03:21 – 05:42 next day Scorpio
- 05:42 – 07:00 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