Los Angeles panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 01:09 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
05:58 to 19:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta 08:42 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 11:06 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta 13:17 – 14:11
- Yamaganda 16:15 – 17:58
- 08:50 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 12:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:00 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
19:41 to 05:57 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:33 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 08:50 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 14:00
- Karana Vishti until 12:46, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:50 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 12:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:00 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:42 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:17 – 14:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:58
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. 04:35 – 05:16
- 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 19:41 – 21:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 08:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:50 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:23 – 11:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:06 – 12:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:49 – 14:32 | Good |
| Rog | 14:32 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:15 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Char | 17:58 – 19:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:41 – 20:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:58 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 23:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:32 – 00:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:49 – 02:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:06 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:23 – 04:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:40 – 05:57 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
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 04:51 Pisces
- 04:51 – 06:21 Aries
- 06:21 – 08:14 Taurus
- 08:14 – 10:30 Gemini
- 10:30 – 12:55 Cancer
- 12:55 – 15:18 Leo
- 15:18 – 17:40 Virgo
- 17:40 – 20:05 Libra
- 20:05 – 22:27 Scorpio
- 22:27 – 00:29 next day Sagittarius
- 00:29 – 02:07 next day Capricorn
- 02:07 – 03:28 next day Aquarius
- 03:28 – 04:47 next day Pisces
- 04:47 – 05:57 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