Los Angeles panchang, 4 March 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 19:26 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
06:18 to 17:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:31
- 15:22 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:50 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:47 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:34 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 03:34 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 18:47 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 18:15
- Karana Taitila until 15:22, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 15:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:47 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:34 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:31
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:15 – 20:39
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:33 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:29 – 04:37 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. 04:38 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 03:34 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:47 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:11 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:24 – 17:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:50 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:24 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:27 Capricorn
- 05:27 – 06:48 Aquarius
- 06:48 – 08:07 Pisces
- 08:07 – 09:37 Aries
- 09:37 – 11:29 Taurus
- 11:29 – 13:45 Gemini
- 13:45 – 16:10 Cancer
- 16:10 – 18:34 Leo
- 18:34 – 20:56 Virgo
- 20:56 – 23:21 Libra
- 23:21 – 01:42 next day Scorpio
- 01:42 – 03:45 next day Sagittarius
- 03:45 – 05:23 next day Capricorn
- 05:23 – 06:17 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