Los Angeles panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 08:18 Magha 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
06:57 to 17:10- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:00 – 09:41
- Yamaganda 09:31 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:24
- Gulika Kalam 12:04 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam 14:37 – 15:54
- 12:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 13:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:10 to 06:57 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:28 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 13:13
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 00:28 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 05:28 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 13:13, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 13:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:28 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:31 – 05:28 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:00 – 09:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:31 – 10:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 15:54
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:57 – 00:28 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:28 – 06:57 next day
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 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:13 – 06:57 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:28 – 06:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:57 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:14 – 09:31 | Bad |
| Char | 09:31 – 10:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:47 – 12:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 – 13:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:20 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:37 – 15:54 | Good |
| Rog | 15:54 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:10 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:53 – 20:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:37 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:20 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:47 – 03:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:30 – 05:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:14 – 06:57 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
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:22 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:39 NowSun
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
- 05:57 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:38 Sagittarius
- 06:38 – 08:16 Capricorn
- 08:16 – 09:37 Aquarius
- 09:37 – 10:56 Pisces
- 10:56 – 12:26 Aries
- 12:26 – 14:18 Taurus
- 14:18 – 16:34 Gemini
- 16:34 – 18:59 Cancer
- 18:59 – 21:23 Leo
- 21:23 – 23:45 Virgo
- 23:45 – 02:10 next day Libra
- 02:10 – 04:31 next day Scorpio
- 04:31 – 06:34 next day Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 06:57 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