Los Angeles panchang, 4 January 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 18:39 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 16:56- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 14:27 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta 15:36 – 16:16
- Rahu Kalam 15:41 – 16:56
- 09:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:17 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
16:56 to 07:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 20:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:55 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 20:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 23:55 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:17
- Karana Taitila until 09:39, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:17 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 20:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 20:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:55 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:17 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:36 – 16:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:41 – 16:56
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) 11:38 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:56 – 19:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:00 – 23:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:00 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:14 – 09:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:29 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:27 | Good |
| Rog | 14:27 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:41 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:41 – 20:27 | Good |
| Char | 20:27 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:43 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:29 – 05:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:49 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:38 Scorpio
- 05:38 – 07:41 Sagittarius
- 07:41 – 09:18 Capricorn
- 09:18 – 10:40 Aquarius
- 10:40 – 11:59 Pisces
- 11:59 – 13:29 Aries
- 13:29 – 15:21 Taurus
- 15:21 – 17:37 Gemini
- 17:37 – 20:02 Cancer
- 20:02 – 22:26 Leo
- 22:26 – 00:48 next day Virgo
- 00:48 – 03:13 next day Libra
- 03:13 – 05:34 next day Scorpio
- 05:34 – 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