Los Angeles panchang, 16 September 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 12:19 Bhadrapada 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
06:38 to 18:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam 11:15 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:47 – 14:19
- 09:20 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:56 to 06:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:19 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:18
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:23 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 00:19 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 09:20, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:19 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:15 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:47 – 14:19
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. 05:04 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 21:17
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:38 – 06:38 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 06:38 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 06:38 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:18 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:38 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:42 – 11:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:15 – 12:47 | Good |
| Rog | 12:47 – 14:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:19 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Char | 15:52 – 17:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:24 – 18:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:56 – 20:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:24 – 21:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:52 – 23:20 | Good |
| Char | 23:20 – 00:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:47 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:15 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:43 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:11 – 06:38 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:43 Leo
- 06:43 – 09:05 Virgo
- 09:05 – 11:30 Libra
- 11:30 – 13:52 Scorpio
- 13:52 – 15:54 Sagittarius
- 15:54 – 17:32 Capricorn
- 17:32 – 18:53 Aquarius
- 18:53 – 20:12 Pisces
- 20:12 – 21:42 Aries
- 21:42 – 23:35 Taurus
- 23:35 – 01:51 next day Gemini
- 01:51 – 04:16 next day Cancer
- 04:16 – 06:38 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