Los Angeles panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 19:36 Moonrise 11:30 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
06:17 to 19:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:57 – 09:36
- Yamaganda 11:16 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta 13:23 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:36 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:03 – 16:56
- 14:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 16:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:36 to 06:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:36 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:21 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 16:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 14:59
- Karana Kaulava until 16:50, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 16:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:23 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:03 – 16:56
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:17 – 16:28
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 – 05:34
- 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 19:36 – 21:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:28 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:17 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:57 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:36 – 11:16 | Good |
| Rog | 11:16 – 12:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:56 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Char | 14:36 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:56 – 19:36 | Good |
| Char | 19:36 – 20:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:56 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 23:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:36 – 00:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:57 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:17 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:37 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:57 – 06:17 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:18 Cancer
- 06:18 – 08:41 Leo
- 08:41 – 11:03 Virgo
- 11:03 – 13:28 Libra
- 13:28 – 15:50 Scorpio
- 15:50 – 17:52 Sagittarius
- 17:52 – 19:30 Capricorn
- 19:30 – 20:51 Aquarius
- 20:51 – 22:10 Pisces
- 22:10 – 23:40 Aries
- 23:40 – 01:33 next day Taurus
- 01:33 – 03:49 next day Gemini
- 03:49 – 06:14 next day Cancer
- 06:14 – 06:17 next day Leo
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