Los Angeles panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 17:26 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 16:55- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:00 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta 07:39 – 08:19
- Rahu Kalam 09:28 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:26
- 12:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:45 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
16:55 to 07:00 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 23:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:41 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 15:45
- Karana Balava until 12:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:45 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:39 – 08:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:45 – 12:17 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. 05:07 – 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 16:55 – 19:44
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:00 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:14 – 09:28 | Good |
| Rog | 09:28 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:12 – 14:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:26 – 15:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:40 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:40 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:26 – 22:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:12 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 05:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:14 – 07:00 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
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:42 Scorpio
- 05:42 – 07:45 Sagittarius
- 07:45 – 09:22 Capricorn
- 09:22 – 10:44 Aquarius
- 10:44 – 12:03 Pisces
- 12:03 – 13:33 Aries
- 13:33 – 15:25 Taurus
- 15:25 – 17:41 Gemini
- 17:41 – 20:06 Cancer
- 20:06 – 22:30 Leo
- 22:30 – 00:52 next day Virgo
- 00:52 – 03:17 next day Libra
- 03:17 – 05:38 next day Scorpio
- 05:38 – 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