Los Angeles panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 14:10 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
06:39 to 18:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:11 – 09:43
- Durmuhurta 09:06 – 09:55
- Rahu Kalam 11:14 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta 13:11 – 14:00
- Yamaganda 15:50 – 17:22
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:53 to 06:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:53 – 21:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 02:57 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 10:14 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 01:59 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:43, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 02:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:06 – 09:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:11 – 14:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:50 – 17:22
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:39 – 10:14
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 18:53 – 21:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:39 – 08:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:11 – 09:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:43 – 11:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:14 – 12:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:46 – 14:18 | Good |
| Rog | 14:18 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:50 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Char | 17:22 – 18:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:53 – 20:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:22 – 21:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:50 – 23:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:18 – 00:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:47 – 02:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:15 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:43 – 05:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:11 – 06:40 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
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:41 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:35 Leo
- 06:35 – 08:58 Virgo
- 08:58 – 11:22 Libra
- 11:22 – 13:44 Scorpio
- 13:44 – 15:47 Sagittarius
- 15:47 – 17:24 Capricorn
- 17:24 – 18:46 Aquarius
- 18:46 – 20:04 Pisces
- 20:04 – 21:34 Aries
- 21:34 – 23:27 Taurus
- 23:27 – 01:43 next day Gemini
- 01:43 – 04:08 next day Cancer
- 04:08 – 06:31 next day Leo
- 06:31 – 06:40 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