Los Angeles panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 10:47 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
05:48 to 19:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:48 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam 09:19 – 11:04
- Durmuhurta 10:29 – 11:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:17
- Rahu Kalam 14:35 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 17:02
- 06:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:19 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
19:51 to 05:48 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:51 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:09 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:55
- Nakshatra Pushya until 14:19 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 19:49
- Karana Kaulava until 06:51, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:19 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:49 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:09 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:48 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 11:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:29 – 11:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 16:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 17:02
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 10:11 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 09:13 – 11:10
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. 04:28 – 05:08
- 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 19:51 – 21:50
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:48 – 14:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:48 – 14:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:48 – 14:19
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:48 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:33 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:19 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Char | 11:04 – 12:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:49 – 14:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:35 – 16:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:20 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:05 – 19:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:51 – 21:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:05 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 23:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:34 – 00:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:49 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:04 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:18 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:33 – 05:48 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
- 05:48 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 05:48 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:48 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:48 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:30 Aries
- 05:30 – 07:23 Taurus
- 07:23 – 09:39 Gemini
- 09:39 – 12:04 Cancer
- 12:04 – 14:27 Leo
- 14:27 – 16:49 Virgo
- 16:49 – 19:14 Libra
- 19:14 – 21:36 Scorpio
- 21:36 – 23:38 Sagittarius
- 23:38 – 01:16 next day Capricorn
- 01:16 – 02:37 next day Aquarius
- 02:37 – 03:56 next day Pisces
- 03:56 – 05:26 next day Aries
- 05:26 – 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