Los Angeles panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 01:52 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 17:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:15 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 10:46 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta 14:22 – 15:02
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:30 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:02 to 06:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:51 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 05:34 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:48 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 05:34 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:30, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:51 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 05:34 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:42 – 06:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:22 – 15:02
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:34 – 07:58 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:50 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:41 – 14:59
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) 11:41 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:50
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:00 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:15 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:30 – 10:46 | Good |
| Rog | 10:46 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:32 – 15:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:47 – 17:02 | Good |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:47 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:32 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:46 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:30 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:15 – 06:59 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 07:09 Sagittarius
- 07:09 – 08:47 Capricorn
- 08:47 – 10:08 Aquarius
- 10:08 – 11:27 Pisces
- 11:27 – 12:57 Aries
- 12:57 – 14:50 Taurus
- 14:50 – 17:06 Gemini
- 17:06 – 19:31 Cancer
- 19:31 – 21:54 Leo
- 21:54 – 00:17 next day Virgo
- 00:17 – 02:41 next day Libra
- 02:41 – 05:03 next day Scorpio
- 05:03 – 06:59 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