Los Angeles panchang, 19 September 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 14:58 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
06:40 to 18:52- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 07:29 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam 09:43 – 11:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 14:17 – 15:49
- 13:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:52 to 06:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:52 – 21:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 05:22 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 13:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 02:52 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:29 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 11:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:17 – 15:49
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. 05:06 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:52 – 21:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:40 – 05:22 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:13 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:11 – 09:43 | Good |
| Rog | 09:43 – 11:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:14 – 12:46 | Bad |
| Char | 12:46 – 14:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:17 – 15:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:49 – 17:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:21 – 18:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:52 – 20:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:21 – 21:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:49 – 23:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:18 – 00:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:46 – 02:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:15 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:43 – 05:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:12 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:31 Leo
- 06:31 – 08:54 Virgo
- 08:54 – 11:19 Libra
- 11:19 – 13:40 Scorpio
- 13:40 – 15:43 Sagittarius
- 15:43 – 17:20 Capricorn
- 17:20 – 18:42 Aquarius
- 18:42 – 20:00 Pisces
- 20:00 – 21:30 Aries
- 21:30 – 23:23 Taurus
- 23:23 – 01:39 next day Gemini
- 01:39 – 04:04 next day Cancer
- 04:04 – 06:27 next day Leo
- 06:27 – 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