Los Angeles panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 19:25 Moonrise 06:48 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
06:19 to 19:25- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:19 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam 09:35 – 11:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 14:30 – 16:09
- 11:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 12:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:40 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
19:25 to 06:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:25 – 21:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:01 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:19
- Nakshatra Bharani until 18:40 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 11:26
- Karana Balava until 12:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 12:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:40 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:01 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 11:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 16:09
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. 04:51 – 05:35
- 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 – 21:36
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:19 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:57 – 09:35 | Good |
| Rog | 09:35 – 11:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:14 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Char | 12:52 – 14:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:30 – 16:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:09 – 17:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:47 – 19:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:25 – 20:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:47 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:08 – 23:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:30 – 00:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:51 – 02:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:13 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:34 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:56 – 06:18 next day | Good |
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
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:10 Pisces
- 06:10 – 07:40 Aries
- 07:40 – 09:32 Taurus
- 09:32 – 11:48 Gemini
- 11:48 – 14:13 Cancer
- 14:13 – 16:37 Leo
- 16:37 – 18:59 Virgo
- 18:59 – 21:24 Libra
- 21:24 – 23:45 Scorpio
- 23:45 – 01:48 next day Sagittarius
- 01:48 – 03:26 next day Capricorn
- 03:26 – 04:47 next day Aquarius
- 04:47 – 06:06 next day Pisces
- 06:06 – 06:18 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