Los Angeles panchang, 7 January 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 16:58 Moonrise 21:58 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 16:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:14
Night
16:58 to 07:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:58 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:55 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:09 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 05:13 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:04
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 22:54 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 03:55 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:04, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:55 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:09 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 05:13 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:14
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. 05:08 – 06:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:58 – 19:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:54 – 07:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Char | 14:29 – 15:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:43 – 16:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:58 – 18:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:43 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:15 – 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 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:27 Scorpio
- 05:27 – 07:29 Sagittarius
- 07:29 – 09:07 Capricorn
- 09:07 – 10:28 Aquarius
- 10:28 – 11:47 Pisces
- 11:47 – 13:17 Aries
- 13:17 – 15:09 Taurus
- 15:09 – 17:25 Gemini
- 17:25 – 19:51 Cancer
- 19:51 – 22:14 Leo
- 22:14 – 00:36 next day Virgo
- 00:36 – 03:01 next day Libra
- 03:01 – 05:23 next day Scorpio
- 05:23 – 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