Los Angeles panchang, 6 May 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 19:39 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
05:59 to 19:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 11:07 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:49 – 14:32
- 08:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
19:39 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:39 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:44 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 21:44
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:15 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 12:42
- Karana Kaulava until 08:34, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:42 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 21:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:44 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:49 – 14:32
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. 04:37 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:39 – 21:43
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:07 – 12:49 | Good |
| Rog | 12:49 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:32 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Char | 16:14 – 17:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:57 – 19:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:39 – 20:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:57 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:31 | Good |
| Char | 23:31 – 00:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:49 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:41 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 04:59 Pisces
- 04:59 – 06:29 Aries
- 06:29 – 08:22 Taurus
- 08:22 – 10:38 Gemini
- 10:38 – 13:03 Cancer
- 13:03 – 15:26 Leo
- 15:26 – 17:48 Virgo
- 17:48 – 20:13 Libra
- 20:13 – 22:35 Scorpio
- 22:35 – 00:37 next day Sagittarius
- 00:37 – 02:15 next day Capricorn
- 02:15 – 03:36 next day Aquarius
- 03:36 – 04:55 next day Pisces
- 04:55 – 05:58 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