Los Angeles panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 19:02 Moonrise 06:43 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
07:00 to 19:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam 11:30 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:01 – 14:31
- 07:13 Karana becomes Naga
- 11:06 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:23 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
19:02 to 06:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:02 – 21:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 18:23
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 16:51 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 15:31
- Karana Chatushpada until 07:13, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:13 Karana becomes Naga
- 11:06 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:23 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:01 – 14:31
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 17:06 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 16:06 – 18:05
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. 05:24 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:02 – 21:25
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:30 – 10:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:00 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:30 – 13:01 | Good |
| Rog | 13:01 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:31 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Char | 16:01 – 17:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:31 – 19:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:02 – 20:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:31 – 22:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:01 – 23:30 | Good |
| Char | 23:30 – 01:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:00 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:29 – 06:58 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
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 05:31 Capricorn
- 05:31 – 06:53 Aquarius
- 06:53 – 08:12 Pisces
- 08:12 – 09:42 Aries
- 09:42 – 11:34 Taurus
- 11:34 – 13:50 Gemini
- 13:50 – 16:15 Cancer
- 16:15 – 18:39 Leo
- 18:39 – 21:01 Virgo
- 21:01 – 23:26 Libra
- 23:26 – 01:47 next day Scorpio
- 01:47 – 03:50 next day Sagittarius
- 03:50 – 05:28 next day Capricorn
- 05:28 – 06:49 next day Aquarius
- 06:49 – 06:58 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