Los Angeles panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 08:46 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 17:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:14 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:21
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:11 to 06:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 01:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:07 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:17
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 00:57 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 04:07 next day
- Karana Gara until 13:17, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 01:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:07 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:21
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:11 – 12:58 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:07 – 15:18 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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:57 – 00:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:57 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:14 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Char | 14:38 – 15:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:54 – 17:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:11 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:54 – 20:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:37 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:13 – 06:56 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 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:34 Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 08:12 Capricorn
- 08:12 – 09:33 Aquarius
- 09:33 – 10:52 Pisces
- 10:52 – 12:22 Aries
- 12:22 – 14:14 Taurus
- 14:14 – 16:30 Gemini
- 16:30 – 18:55 Cancer
- 18:55 – 21:19 Leo
- 21:19 – 23:41 Virgo
- 23:41 – 02:06 next day Libra
- 02:06 – 04:28 next day Scorpio
- 04:28 – 06:30 next day Sagittarius
- 06:30 – 06:56 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