Los Angeles panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 19:38 Moonrise 22:57 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
06:01 to 19:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:43 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 11:07 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta 13:17 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:32 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta 16:00 – 16:54
- 10:49 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 16:54 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:38 to 06:00 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:38 – 21:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:24 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 16:54
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 00:24 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 10:49
- Karana Vishti until 16:54, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:49 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 16:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:24 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:17 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:00 – 16:54
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. 04:38 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:38 – 21:42
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:01 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:43 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:25 – 11:07 | Good |
| Rog | 11:07 – 12:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:49 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Char | 14:32 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:56 – 19:38 | Good |
| Char | 19:38 – 20:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:56 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 23:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:31 – 00:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:49 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:07 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:42 – 06:00 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
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:07 Pisces
- 05:07 – 06:37 Aries
- 06:37 – 08:29 Taurus
- 08:29 – 10:45 Gemini
- 10:45 – 13:11 Cancer
- 13:11 – 15:34 Leo
- 15:34 – 17:56 Virgo
- 17:56 – 20:21 Libra
- 20:21 – 22:43 Scorpio
- 22:43 – 00:45 next day Sagittarius
- 00:45 – 02:23 next day Capricorn
- 02:23 – 03:44 next day Aquarius
- 03:44 – 05:03 next day Pisces
- 05:03 – 06:00 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