Los Angeles panchang, 28 January 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 12:49 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
06:53 to 17:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:11 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:24
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:47 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:18 to 06:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:18 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:01 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:25 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 00:25 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:01 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 00:25 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 18:01 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 10:24
- Karana Vanija until 13:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:01 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:25 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 00:25 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:01 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:24
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. 05:04 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 20:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:53 – 18:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:53 – 18:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:01 – 06:53 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:25 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:11 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 14:42 | Bad |
| Char | 14:42 – 16:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:00 – 17:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:18 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:00 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 22:23 | Good |
| Char | 22:23 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:11 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:07 Sagittarius
- 06:07 – 07:44 Capricorn
- 07:44 – 09:06 Aquarius
- 09:06 – 10:24 Pisces
- 10:24 – 11:54 Aries
- 11:54 – 13:47 Taurus
- 13:47 – 16:03 Gemini
- 16:03 – 18:28 Cancer
- 18:28 – 20:51 Leo
- 20:51 – 23:14 Virgo
- 23:14 – 01:39 next day Libra
- 01:39 – 04:00 next day Scorpio
- 04:00 – 06:03 next day Sagittarius
- 06:03 – 06:53 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