Los Angeles panchang, 17 September 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 13:17 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 18:55- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:38 – 08:10
- Gulika Kalam 09:42 – 11:15
- Durmuhurta 10:44 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:19 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta 15:38 – 16:28
- 07:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 11:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:55 to 06:39 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 00:31 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:23 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 01:04 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:22, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 11:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 11:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:44 – 11:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:19 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:38 – 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. 05:05 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 21:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 07:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 07:23
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:38 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:10 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:42 – 11:15 | Bad |
| Char | 11:15 – 12:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:47 – 14:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:19 – 15:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:51 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:23 – 18:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:55 – 20:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:23 – 21:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:51 – 23:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:19 – 00:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:47 – 02:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:15 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:43 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:11 – 06:39 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:39 Leo
- 06:39 – 09:02 Virgo
- 09:02 – 11:26 Libra
- 11:26 – 13:48 Scorpio
- 13:48 – 15:50 Sagittarius
- 15:50 – 17:28 Capricorn
- 17:28 – 18:49 Aquarius
- 18:49 – 20:08 Pisces
- 20:08 – 21:38 Aries
- 21:38 – 23:31 Taurus
- 23:31 – 01:47 next day Gemini
- 01:47 – 04:12 next day Cancer
- 04:12 – 06:35 next day Leo
- 06:35 – 06:39 next day Virgo
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