Los Angeles panchang, 17 May 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 06:12 Jyeshtha (adhika) 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
05:51 to 19:48- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 12:49 – 14:34
- Gulika Kalam 16:18 – 18:03
- Durmuhurta 17:56 – 18:52
- Rahu Kalam 18:03 – 19:48
- 09:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 19:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:48 to 05:50 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:48 – 21:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:11
- Nakshatra Rohini until 23:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 13:29
- Karana Bava until 09:11, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 19:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:49 – 14:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 18:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:56 – 18:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:03 – 19:48
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. 04:30 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:48 – 21:48
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:51 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:35 – 09:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:20 – 11:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:04 – 12:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:49 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:34 – 16:18 | Good |
| Rog | 16:18 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:33 – 00:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:49 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:04 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:19 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:35 – 05:50 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
- 05:51 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:46 Aries
- 05:46 – 07:38 Taurus
- 07:38 – 09:54 Gemini
- 09:54 – 12:19 Cancer
- 12:19 – 14:43 Leo
- 14:43 – 17:05 Virgo
- 17:05 – 19:30 Libra
- 19:30 – 21:51 Scorpio
- 21:51 – 23:54 Sagittarius
- 23:54 – 01:32 next day Capricorn
- 01:32 – 02:53 next day Aquarius
- 02:53 – 04:12 next day Pisces
- 04:12 – 05:42 next day Aries
- 05:42 – 05:50 next day Taurus
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