Los Angeles panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 07:16 Phalguna 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
06:35 to 17:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:29
- 07:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:38 to 06:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:30 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:29 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 07:46 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 09:15
- Karana Balava until 15:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 15:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:30 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:29
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. 04:51 – 05:43
- 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 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 02:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:38 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:34 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
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:22 Capricorn
- 06:22 – 07:43 Aquarius
- 07:43 – 09:02 Pisces
- 09:02 – 10:32 Aries
- 10:32 – 12:24 Taurus
- 12:24 – 14:40 Gemini
- 14:40 – 17:05 Cancer
- 17:05 – 19:29 Leo
- 19:29 – 21:51 Virgo
- 21:51 – 00:16 next day Libra
- 00:16 – 02:37 next day Scorpio
- 02:37 – 04:40 next day Sagittarius
- 04:40 – 06:18 next day Capricorn
- 06:18 – 06:34 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