Los Angeles panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 06:27 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
06:58 to 17:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:58 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta 06:58 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta 07:39 – 08:20
- Rahu Kalam 09:31 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:35
- 07:48 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 10:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 10:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:07 to 06:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:16 Karana becomes Naga
- 03:11 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 10:34
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 20:44 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 07:48
- Karana Shakuni until 10:34, then Chatushpada
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:48 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 10:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 10:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:16 Karana becomes Naga
- 03:11 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:58 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:39 – 08:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:31 – 10:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:35
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) 11:43 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:58 – 10:34
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:58 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:14 – 09:31 | Good |
| Rog | 09:31 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:47 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:35 – 15:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:51 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:35 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:30 – 05:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:14 – 06:58 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
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:50 Sagittarius
- 06:50 – 08:27 Capricorn
- 08:27 – 09:49 Aquarius
- 09:49 – 11:08 Pisces
- 11:08 – 12:37 Aries
- 12:37 – 14:30 Taurus
- 14:30 – 16:46 Gemini
- 16:46 – 19:11 Cancer
- 19:11 – 21:34 Leo
- 21:34 – 23:57 Virgo
- 23:57 – 02:22 next day Libra
- 02:22 – 04:43 next day Scorpio
- 04:43 – 06:46 next day Sagittarius
- 06:46 – 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