Los Angeles panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 07:13 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
05:50 to 19:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:35 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 11:04 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta 13:17 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:34 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:05 – 17:01
- 09:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:48 to 05:49 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:48 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:48 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 09:17
- Karana Taitila until 15:33, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:17 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:05 – 17:01
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:18 – 07:18 next day
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 – 21:49
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:50 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:50 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:11 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:50 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:35 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:20 – 11:04 | Good |
| Rog | 11:04 – 12:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:49 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Char | 14:34 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 18:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:04 – 19:48 | Good |
| Char | 19:48 – 21:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:34 – 00:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:49 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:04 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:19 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:34 – 05:49 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
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:42 Aries
- 05:42 – 07:34 Taurus
- 07:34 – 09:50 Gemini
- 09:50 – 12:15 Cancer
- 12:15 – 14:39 Leo
- 14:39 – 17:01 Virgo
- 17:01 – 19:26 Libra
- 19:26 – 21:48 Scorpio
- 21:48 – 23:50 Sagittarius
- 23:50 – 01:28 next day Capricorn
- 01:28 – 02:49 next day Aquarius
- 02:49 – 04:08 next day Pisces
- 04:08 – 05:38 next day Aries
- 05:38 – 05:49 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