Los Angeles panchang, 2 May 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 21:04 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
06:03 to 19:36- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:03 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 06:03 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta 06:57 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 11:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 14:31 – 16:13
- 09:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:40 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
19:36 to 06:02 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:20
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 18:40 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 09:14
- Karana Kaulava until 12:20, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:40 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:03 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:57 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 11:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 16:13
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. 04:39 – 05:21
- 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 19:36 – 21:41
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:03 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:45 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:08 – 12:50 | Bad |
| Char | 12:50 – 14:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:31 – 16:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:13 – 17:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:55 – 19:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:36 – 20:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:54 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:13 – 23:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:31 – 00:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:49 – 02:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:07 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:44 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:15 Pisces
- 05:15 – 06:45 Aries
- 06:45 – 08:37 Taurus
- 08:37 – 10:53 Gemini
- 10:53 – 13:18 Cancer
- 13:18 – 15:42 Leo
- 15:42 – 18:04 Virgo
- 18:04 – 20:29 Libra
- 20:29 – 22:50 Scorpio
- 22:50 – 00:53 next day Sagittarius
- 00:53 – 02:31 next day Capricorn
- 02:31 – 03:52 next day Aquarius
- 03:52 – 05:11 next day Pisces
- 05:11 – 06:02 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