Los Angeles panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 19:37 Moonrise 10:28 Shravana 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
06:16 to 19:37- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 12:56 – 14:37
- Gulika Kalam 16:17 – 17:57
- Durmuhurta 17:50 – 18:44
- Rahu Kalam 17:57 – 19:37
- 15:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 16:21 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:37 to 06:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:37 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:49 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 04:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 04:30 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 15:20 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 15:38
- Karana Bava until 16:21, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 16:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 04:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:50 – 18:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:57 – 19:37
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 06:16 – 15:20
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 03:35 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 02:31 – 04:38 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. 04:51 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:37 – 21:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 15:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:20 – 19:28
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:16 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:56 – 09:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:36 – 11:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:16 – 12:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:56 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:37 – 16:17 | Good |
| Rog | 16:17 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:57 – 19:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:37 – 20:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:37 – 00:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:57 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:17 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:37 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:57 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:22 Cancer
- 06:22 – 08:45 Leo
- 08:45 – 11:07 Virgo
- 11:07 – 13:32 Libra
- 13:32 – 15:54 Scorpio
- 15:54 – 17:56 Sagittarius
- 17:56 – 19:34 Capricorn
- 19:34 – 20:55 Aquarius
- 20:55 – 22:14 Pisces
- 22:14 – 23:44 Aries
- 23:44 – 01:37 next day Taurus
- 01:37 – 03:53 next day Gemini
- 03:53 – 06:17 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