Los Angeles panchang, 16 February 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 06:18 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
06:37 to 17:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:59 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:25
- 07:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 12:20 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:06 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:36 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 04:01 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 12:20
- Karana Chatushpada until 16:06, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 12:20 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:06 Karana becomes Naga
- 19:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:07
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:20 – 23:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:25
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. 04:53 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:37 – 07:18
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:37 – 07:18
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:37 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:59 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:22 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Char | 13:29 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:14 – 17:36 | Good |
| Char | 17:36 – 19:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:14 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:51 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:44 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:21 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:59 – 06:36 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:29 Capricorn
- 06:29 – 07:51 Aquarius
- 07:51 – 09:10 Pisces
- 09:10 – 10:40 Aries
- 10:40 – 12:32 Taurus
- 12:32 – 14:48 Gemini
- 14:48 – 17:13 Cancer
- 17:13 – 19:37 Leo
- 19:37 – 21:59 Virgo
- 21:59 – 00:24 next day Libra
- 00:24 – 02:45 next day Scorpio
- 02:45 – 04:48 next day Sagittarius
- 04:48 – 06:25 next day Capricorn
- 06:25 – 06:36 next day Aquarius
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