Los Angeles panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 07:09 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 17:08- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:36 – 15:52
- Durmuhurta 15:47 – 16:27
- Rahu Kalam 15:52 – 17:08
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:08 to 06:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 11:51
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 22:22 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 07:41
- Karana Naga until 11:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 22:22 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:41 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 15:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:47 – 16:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:52 – 17:08
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 17:08 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:58 – 22:22
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:58 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:14 – 09:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:31 – 10:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:47 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:36 | Good |
| Rog | 14:36 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:52 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:08 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:52 – 20:36 | Good |
| Char | 20:36 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:47 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:30 – 05:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:49 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:58 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:46 Sagittarius
- 06:46 – 08:23 Capricorn
- 08:23 – 09:45 Aquarius
- 09:45 – 11:04 Pisces
- 11:04 – 12:34 Aries
- 12:34 – 14:26 Taurus
- 14:26 – 16:42 Gemini
- 16:42 – 19:07 Cancer
- 19:07 – 21:31 Leo
- 21:31 – 23:53 Virgo
- 23:53 – 02:18 next day Libra
- 02:18 – 04:39 next day Scorpio
- 04:39 – 06:42 next day Sagittarius
- 06:42 – 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