Los Angeles panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 19:00 Moonrise 05:47 Phalguna month
Los Angeles, California, United States · 34.05°, -118.24° · America/Los_Angeles (UTC-07:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:02 to 19:00- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 10:02
- Yamaganda 11:32 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:25
- Durmuhurta 13:25 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:31 – 16:01
- Durmuhurta 15:49 – 16:37
- 09:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
19:00 to 07:01 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 20:53 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 20:53
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 17:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 19:45
- Karana Gara until 09:07, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 20:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:32 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:25 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 16:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:49 – 16:37
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:53 – 08:29 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. 05:26 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:00 – 21:24
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:02 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:02 – 11:32 | Good |
| Rog | 11:32 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:01 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Char | 14:31 – 16:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:01 – 17:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:30 – 19:00 | Good |
| Char | 19:00 – 20:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:30 – 22:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:00 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:30 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:01 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:31 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:01 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:31 – 07:01 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
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 05:39 Capricorn
- 05:39 – 07:01 Aquarius
- 07:01 – 08:20 Pisces
- 08:20 – 09:49 Aries
- 09:49 – 11:42 Taurus
- 11:42 – 13:58 Gemini
- 13:58 – 16:23 Cancer
- 16:23 – 18:46 Leo
- 18:46 – 21:09 Virgo
- 21:09 – 23:34 Libra
- 23:34 – 01:55 next day Scorpio
- 01:55 – 03:58 next day Sagittarius
- 03:58 – 05:35 next day Capricorn
- 05:35 – 06:57 next day Aquarius
- 06:57 – 07:01 next day Pisces
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 PDT (UTC-7) · Method