Los Angeles panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 19:32 Moonrise 14:31 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
06:19 to 19:32- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:19 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam 09:37 – 11:16
- Durmuhurta 10:43 – 11:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:29 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam 14:35 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta 16:01 – 16:54
- 08:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:55 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
19:32 to 06:20 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:32 – 21:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 23:23 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 15:55
- Karana Bava until 08:48, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:55 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 11:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:43 – 11:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 16:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:55 – 16:48 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:01 – 16:54
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. 04:53 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:29 – 13:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:32 – 21:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:19 – 23:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:23 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:19 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:58 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:37 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Char | 11:16 – 12:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:56 – 14:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:35 – 16:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:14 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:53 – 19:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:32 – 20:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:53 – 22:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:14 – 23:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:35 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:56 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:17 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:38 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:59 – 06:20 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
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:06 Cancer
- 06:06 – 08:29 Leo
- 08:29 – 10:52 Virgo
- 10:52 – 13:17 Libra
- 13:17 – 15:38 Scorpio
- 15:38 – 17:41 Sagittarius
- 17:41 – 19:18 Capricorn
- 19:18 – 20:40 Aquarius
- 20:40 – 21:58 Pisces
- 21:58 – 23:28 Aries
- 23:28 – 01:21 next day Taurus
- 01:21 – 03:37 next day Gemini
- 03:37 – 06:02 next day Cancer
- 06:02 – 06:20 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