Los Angeles panchang, 9 May 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 19:42 Moonrise 01:42 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
05:57 to 19:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:57 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 05:57 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam 09:23 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 14:32 – 16:15
- 10:54 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:05 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 14:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:42 to 05:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:42 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:43 Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 02:37 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 10:54 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 14:05
- Karana Balava until 14:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:54 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:05 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 14:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:43 Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:57 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 11:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 16:15
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 08:55 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 07:50 – 10:00
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 19:42 – 21:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 10:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:37 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:57 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:40 – 09:23 | Good |
| Rog | 09:23 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:06 – 12:49 | Bad |
| Char | 12:49 – 14:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:32 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:58 – 19:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:42 – 20:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:58 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:15 – 23:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:32 – 00:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:49 – 02:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:05 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:22 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:39 – 05:56 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
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 04:47 Pisces
- 04:47 – 06:17 Aries
- 06:17 – 08:10 Taurus
- 08:10 – 10:26 Gemini
- 10:26 – 12:51 Cancer
- 12:51 – 15:14 Leo
- 15:14 – 17:37 Virgo
- 17:37 – 20:01 Libra
- 20:01 – 22:23 Scorpio
- 22:23 – 00:26 next day Sagittarius
- 00:26 – 02:03 next day Capricorn
- 02:03 – 03:25 next day Aquarius
- 03:25 – 04:43 next day Pisces
- 04:43 – 05:56 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