Los Angeles panchang, 9 January 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 17:00 Moonrise 23:56 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 17:00- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:15 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta 09:00 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:45 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 14:30 – 15:45
Night
17:00 to 07:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:00 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 18:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:28 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 18:54
- Nakshatra Hasta until 02:10 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 03:28 next day
- Karana Bava until 18:54, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 18:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:28 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:25 – 05:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:00 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:45
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:00 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:00 – 08:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:15 – 09:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:30 – 10:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:45 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:30 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Char | 15:45 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:00 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:45 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:30 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:45 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:30 – 05:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:50 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)
- 05:08 – 05:19 Scorpio
- 05:19 – 07:21 Sagittarius
- 07:21 – 08:59 Capricorn
- 08:59 – 10:20 Aquarius
- 10:20 – 11:39 Pisces
- 11:39 – 13:09 Aries
- 13:09 – 15:02 Taurus
- 15:02 – 17:18 Gemini
- 17:18 – 19:43 Cancer
- 19:43 – 22:06 Leo
- 22:06 – 00:28 next day Virgo
- 00:28 – 02:53 next day Libra
- 02:53 – 05:15 next day Scorpio
- 05:15 – 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