Los Angeles panchang, 17 March 2026
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 19:01 Moonrise 06:16 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
07:01 to 19:01- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:25 – 10:13
- Yamaganda 10:01 – 11:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:01 – 14:31
- Rahu Kalam 16:01 – 17:31
- 08:29 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:52 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
19:01 to 07:00 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:01 – 21:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 19:55
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 17:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 17:52
- Karana Vishti until 08:29, then Shakuni
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:29 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:52 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:53 – 08:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:25 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:01 – 14:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:01 – 17:31
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:01 – 17:39
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:39 – 07:00 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. 05:25 – 06:13
- 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 19:01 – 21:25
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:01 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:31 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Char | 10:01 – 11:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:31 – 13:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:01 – 14:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:31 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:01 – 17:31 | Good |
| Rog | 17:31 – 19:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:01 – 20:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:31 – 22:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:01 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:30 – 01:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:00 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:30 – 04:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:00 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:30 – 07:00 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
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
- 06:01 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 05:35 Capricorn
- 05:35 – 06:57 Aquarius
- 06:57 – 08:16 Pisces
- 08:16 – 09:46 Aries
- 09:46 – 11:38 Taurus
- 11:38 – 13:54 Gemini
- 13:54 – 16:19 Cancer
- 16:19 – 18:43 Leo
- 18:43 – 21:05 Virgo
- 21:05 – 23:30 Libra
- 23:30 – 01:51 next day Scorpio
- 01:51 – 03:54 next day Sagittarius
- 03:54 – 05:31 next day Capricorn
- 05:31 – 06:53 next day Aquarius
- 06:53 – 07:00 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