Los Angeles panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 10:40 Ashadha 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
05:55 to 20:02- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:55 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 05:55 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 16:30
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 11:29 Moon enters Virgo
- 15:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:02 to 05:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:02 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 15:13
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 05:42 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Variyan until 08:15
- Karana Balava until 15:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 11:29 Moon enters Virgo
- 15:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:55 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:48
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:15 – 19:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 11:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:30
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:55 – 05:42 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:42 – 05:56 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. 04:36 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:02 – 22:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:55 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:55 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:13 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Char | 12:59 – 14:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:44 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 18:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:16 – 20:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:02 – 21:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:16 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:30 – 23:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:45 – 00:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:59 – 02:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:13 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:28 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:42 – 05:56 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
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:51 Gemini
- 05:51 – 08:16 Cancer
- 08:16 – 10:39 Leo
- 10:39 – 13:01 Virgo
- 13:01 – 15:26 Libra
- 15:26 – 17:48 Scorpio
- 17:48 – 19:50 Sagittarius
- 19:50 – 21:28 Capricorn
- 21:28 – 22:49 Aquarius
- 22:49 – 00:08 next day Pisces
- 00:08 – 01:38 next day Aries
- 01:38 – 03:31 next day Taurus
- 03:31 – 05:47 next day Gemini
- 05:47 – 05:56 next day Cancer
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