Los Angeles panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 19:03 Moonrise 07:41 Chaitra 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
06:57 to 19:03- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:28 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:11
- Rahu Kalam 11:29 – 13:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta 13:24 – 14:13
- Yamaganda 16:02 – 17:32
- 09:45 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:57 Moon enters Aries
- 14:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:03 to 06:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:03 – 21:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:31 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 14:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 13:57 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 09:45
- Karana Kaulava until 14:01, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:45 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:57 Moon enters Aries
- 14:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:31 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:24 – 14:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:02 – 17:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:31 – 03:11 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. 05:22 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:03 – 21:26
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:57 – 13:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:57 – 13:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:57 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:57 – 08:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:28 – 09:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:59 – 11:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:29 – 13:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:00 – 14:31 | Good |
| Rog | 14:31 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:02 – 17:32 | Bad |
| Char | 17:32 – 19:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:03 – 20:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:32 – 22:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:01 – 23:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:30 – 00:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:59 – 02:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:28 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:27 – 06:56 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
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 05:24 Capricorn
- 05:24 – 06:45 Aquarius
- 06:45 – 08:04 Pisces
- 08:04 – 09:34 Aries
- 09:34 – 11:26 Taurus
- 11:26 – 13:42 Gemini
- 13:42 – 16:07 Cancer
- 16:07 – 18:31 Leo
- 18:31 – 20:53 Virgo
- 20:53 – 23:18 Libra
- 23:18 – 01:40 next day Scorpio
- 01:40 – 03:42 next day Sagittarius
- 03:42 – 05:20 next day Capricorn
- 05:20 – 06:41 next day Aquarius
- 06:41 – 06:56 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