Los Angeles panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 06:04 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
06:13 to 19:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 11:16 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:57 – 14:38
- 10:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 10:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:36 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 17:36 Moon enters Leo
Night
19:41 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:46 Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 10:36
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 17:36 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 23:46
- Karana Naga until 10:36, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 10:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:36 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 17:36 Moon enters Leo
- 21:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:46 Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:57 – 14:38
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:46 – 10:22 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. 04:49 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:41 – 21:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:13 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:16 – 12:57 | Good |
| Rog | 12:57 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:38 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 18:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:00 – 19:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:41 – 21:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:00 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 00:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:58 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:17 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:14 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
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:37 Cancer
- 06:37 – 09:01 Leo
- 09:01 – 11:23 Virgo
- 11:23 – 13:48 Libra
- 13:48 – 16:09 Scorpio
- 16:09 – 18:12 Sagittarius
- 18:12 – 19:50 Capricorn
- 19:50 – 21:11 Aquarius
- 21:11 – 22:30 Pisces
- 22:30 – 00:00 next day Aries
- 00:00 – 01:52 next day Taurus
- 01:52 – 04:08 next day Gemini
- 04:08 – 06:14 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