Los Angeles panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 19:35 Moonrise 12:31 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 19:35- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:57 – 09:50
- Yamaganda 09:37 – 11:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:29 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:56 – 14:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:15 – 17:55
- 14:53 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:17 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
19:35 to 06:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:35 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 06:50 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 18:17 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 14:53
- Karana Gara until 18:01, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:53 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:17 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:57 – 09:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 11:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:56 – 14:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:55
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. 04:52 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:29 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:35 – 21:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:17 – 18:17
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:17 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:57 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Char | 09:37 – 11:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:16 – 12:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:56 – 14:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:36 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:15 – 17:55 | Good |
| Rog | 17:55 – 19:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:35 – 20:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:55 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 23:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:36 – 00:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:56 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:17 – 03:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:37 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:58 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:14 Cancer
- 06:14 – 08:37 Leo
- 08:37 – 10:59 Virgo
- 10:59 – 13:24 Libra
- 13:24 – 15:46 Scorpio
- 15:46 – 17:48 Sagittarius
- 17:48 – 19:26 Capricorn
- 19:26 – 20:47 Aquarius
- 20:47 – 22:06 Pisces
- 22:06 – 23:36 Aries
- 23:36 – 01:29 next day Taurus
- 01:29 – 03:45 next day Gemini
- 03:45 – 06:10 next day Cancer
- 06:10 – 06:18 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