Los Angeles panchang, 1 May 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 19:35 Moonrise 20:04 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
06:04 to 19:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:46 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam 11:08 – 12:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta 13:17 – 14:11
- Yamaganda 16:13 – 17:54
- 08:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 10:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
19:35 to 06:03 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:35 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 10:23
- Nakshatra Swati until 16:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 08:43
- Karana Bava until 10:23, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 10:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 23:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:43 – 09:14 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:17 – 14:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:13 – 17:54
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. 04:40 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:23 – 13:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:35 – 21:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:23 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:04 – 07:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:46 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 11:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:08 – 12:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:50 – 14:31 | Good |
| Rog | 14:31 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:13 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Char | 17:54 – 19:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:35 – 20:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:54 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:12 – 23:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:31 – 00:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:49 – 02:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:08 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 04:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:45 – 06:03 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
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:19 Pisces
- 05:19 – 06:49 Aries
- 06:49 – 08:41 Taurus
- 08:41 – 10:57 Gemini
- 10:57 – 13:22 Cancer
- 13:22 – 15:46 Leo
- 15:46 – 18:08 Virgo
- 18:08 – 20:33 Libra
- 20:33 – 22:54 Scorpio
- 22:54 – 00:57 next day Sagittarius
- 00:57 – 02:35 next day Capricorn
- 02:35 – 03:56 next day Aquarius
- 03:56 – 05:15 next day Pisces
- 05:15 – 06:03 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