Los Angeles panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 19:27 Moonrise 08:27 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
06:16 to 19:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:55 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 11:13 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 13:18 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:30 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta 15:56 – 16:49
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:45 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:27 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:27 – 21:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 15:45
- Nakshatra Rohini until 13:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 00:01 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:45, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:18 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:56 – 16:49
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:01 – 02:25 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. 04:50 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:25 – 13:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:27 – 21:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 13:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:16 – 13:38
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 13:38 – 06:15 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:38 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:16 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:55 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:34 – 11:13 | Good |
| Rog | 11:13 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:52 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:48 – 19:27 | Good |
| Char | 19:27 – 20:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:48 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:09 – 23:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:30 – 00:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:51 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:12 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:33 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:54 – 06:15 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:02 Pisces
- 06:02 – 07:32 Aries
- 07:32 – 09:25 Taurus
- 09:25 – 11:41 Gemini
- 11:41 – 14:06 Cancer
- 14:06 – 16:29 Leo
- 16:29 – 18:51 Virgo
- 18:51 – 21:16 Libra
- 21:16 – 23:38 Scorpio
- 23:38 – 01:40 next day Sagittarius
- 01:40 – 03:18 next day Capricorn
- 03:18 – 04:39 next day Aquarius
- 04:39 – 05:58 next day Pisces
- 05:58 – 06:15 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