Los Angeles panchang, 24 May 2026
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 19:53 Moonrise 14:01 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
05:46 to 19:53- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 12:50 – 14:35
- Gulika Kalam 16:21 – 18:07
- Durmuhurta 18:00 – 18:56
- Rahu Kalam 18:07 – 19:53
- 14:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 15:14 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 16:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 16:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:53 to 05:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:53 – 21:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:37 Moon enters Virgo
- 04:17 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 16:01
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 14:21 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 15:14
- Karana Kaulava until 16:01, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 14:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 15:14 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 16:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 16:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:37 Moon enters Virgo
- 04:17 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:50 – 14:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:14 – 16:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:21 – 18:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:00 – 18:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:07 – 19:53
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. 04:27 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:53 – 21:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:46 – 05:46 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:21 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:46 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:32 – 09:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:18 – 11:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:04 – 12:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:50 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:35 – 16:21 | Good |
| Rog | 16:21 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:53 – 21:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:35 – 00:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:49 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:03 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:18 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:32 – 05:46 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
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 00:49 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:18 Aries
- 05:18 – 07:11 Taurus
- 07:11 – 09:27 Gemini
- 09:27 – 11:52 Cancer
- 11:52 – 14:15 Leo
- 14:15 – 16:38 Virgo
- 16:38 – 19:02 Libra
- 19:02 – 21:24 Scorpio
- 21:24 – 23:27 Sagittarius
- 23:27 – 01:04 next day Capricorn
- 01:04 – 02:26 next day Aquarius
- 02:26 – 03:44 next day Pisces
- 03:44 – 05:14 next day Aries
- 05:14 – 05:46 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