Los Angeles panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 05:40 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
06:59 to 17:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:15 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta 09:00 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam 10:47 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:34 – 15:50
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:06 to 06:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 21:46 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 08:52
- Nakshatra Mula until 18:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 07:36
- Karana Vanija until 08:52, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 21:46 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:36 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:00 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:50
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 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:59 – 08:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:15 – 09:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:31 – 10:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:47 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:34 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Char | 15:50 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:50 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:34 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:46 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:30 – 05:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:14 – 06:58 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
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 06:54 Sagittarius
- 06:54 – 08:31 Capricorn
- 08:31 – 09:53 Aquarius
- 09:53 – 11:12 Pisces
- 11:12 – 12:41 Aries
- 12:41 – 14:34 Taurus
- 14:34 – 16:50 Gemini
- 16:50 – 19:15 Cancer
- 19:15 – 21:38 Leo
- 21:38 – 00:01 next day Virgo
- 00:01 – 02:26 next day Libra
- 02:26 – 04:47 next day Scorpio
- 04:47 – 06:50 next day Sagittarius
- 06:50 – 06:58 next day Capricorn
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