Los Angeles panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 19:31 Moonrise 15:27 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
06:20 to 19:31- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:59 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta 08:58 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam 11:16 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:29 – 13:22
- Durmuhurta 13:22 – 14:14
- Yamaganda 16:13 – 17:52
- 11:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 11:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:48 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
19:31 to 06:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:31 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:19 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 11:06
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 02:19 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 16:48
- Karana Kaulava until 11:06, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 11:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:48 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 00:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 02:19 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:58 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:22 – 14:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:13 – 17:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:48 – 18:00
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:20 – 02:19 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. 04:53 – 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 19:31 – 21:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:20 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:20 – 07:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:59 – 09:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:37 – 11:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:16 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:55 – 14:34 | Good |
| Rog | 14:34 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:13 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Char | 17:52 – 19:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:31 – 20:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 23:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:34 – 00:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:56 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:17 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:38 – 04:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:59 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:02 Cancer
- 06:02 – 08:25 Leo
- 08:25 – 10:48 Virgo
- 10:48 – 13:13 Libra
- 13:13 – 15:34 Scorpio
- 15:34 – 17:37 Sagittarius
- 17:37 – 19:14 Capricorn
- 19:14 – 20:36 Aquarius
- 20:36 – 21:54 Pisces
- 21:54 – 23:24 Aries
- 23:24 – 01:17 next day Taurus
- 01:17 – 03:33 next day Gemini
- 03:33 – 05:58 next day Cancer
- 05:58 – 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