Los Angeles panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 19:50 Moonrise 09:35 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
05:49 to 19:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:34 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 11:04 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:49 – 14:34
- 09:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:09 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
19:50 to 05:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:50 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 19:57
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 22:28
- Karana Bava until 09:12, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:09 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:49 – 14:34
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. 04:29 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:50 – 21:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:42 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:49 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:34 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:04 – 12:49 | Good |
| Rog | 12:49 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:34 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Char | 16:20 – 18:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:05 – 19:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:50 – 21:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:34 | Good |
| Char | 23:34 – 00:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:49 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:04 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:19 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:33 – 05:48 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
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:34 Aries
- 05:34 – 07:27 Taurus
- 07:27 – 09:43 Gemini
- 09:43 – 12:08 Cancer
- 12:08 – 14:31 Leo
- 14:31 – 16:53 Virgo
- 16:53 – 19:18 Libra
- 19:18 – 21:40 Scorpio
- 21:40 – 23:42 Sagittarius
- 23:42 – 01:20 next day Capricorn
- 01:20 – 02:41 next day Aquarius
- 02:41 – 04:00 next day Pisces
- 04:00 – 05:30 next day Aries
- 05:30 – 05:48 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