Los Angeles panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 19:25 Moonrise 06:11 Vaishakha 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
06:20 to 19:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:58 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta 08:57 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam 11:14 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 13:18 – 14:11
- Yamaganda 16:08 – 17:46
- 15:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:25 to 06:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:25 – 21:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 01:41 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 15:15
- Karana Kimstughna until 15:18, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:57 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:18 – 14:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:08 – 17:46
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. 04:52 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:25 – 21:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:20 – 21:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:20 – 01:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:20 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:36 – 11:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:14 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:52 – 14:30 | Good |
| Rog | 14:30 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:08 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Char | 17:46 – 19:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:25 – 20:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:08 – 23:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:30 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:52 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:13 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 04:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:57 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 04:55 Aquarius
- 04:55 – 06:14 Pisces
- 06:14 – 07:44 Aries
- 07:44 – 09:36 Taurus
- 09:36 – 11:52 Gemini
- 11:52 – 14:17 Cancer
- 14:17 – 16:41 Leo
- 16:41 – 19:03 Virgo
- 19:03 – 21:28 Libra
- 21:28 – 23:49 Scorpio
- 23:49 – 01:52 next day Sagittarius
- 01:52 – 03:30 next day Capricorn
- 03:30 – 04:51 next day Aquarius
- 04:51 – 06:10 next day Pisces
- 06:10 – 06:19 next day Aries
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