Los Angeles panchang, 20 September 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 15:40 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 18:51- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 12:46 – 14:17
- Gulika Kalam 15:48 – 17:19
- Durmuhurta 17:13 – 18:02
- Rahu Kalam 17:19 – 18:51
- 16:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:29 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:51 to 06:41 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:51 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:45 Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:35 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:31 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 16:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 03:35 next day
- Karana Taitila until 18:29, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 16:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:45 Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:35 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:46 – 14:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:48 – 17:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:13 – 18:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:19 – 18:51
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:35 – 05:59 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. 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 18:51 – 21:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 06:41 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:04 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:40 – 08:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:12 – 09:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:43 – 11:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:14 – 12:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:46 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:17 – 15:48 | Good |
| Rog | 15:48 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:19 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:19 – 21:48 | Good |
| Char | 21:48 – 23:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:17 – 00:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:46 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:15 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:43 – 05:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:12 – 06:41 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 NowSun
- 07:41 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:49 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:27 Leo
- 06:27 – 08:50 Virgo
- 08:50 – 11:15 Libra
- 11:15 – 13:36 Scorpio
- 13:36 – 15:39 Sagittarius
- 15:39 – 17:16 Capricorn
- 17:16 – 18:38 Aquarius
- 18:38 – 19:57 Pisces
- 19:57 – 21:26 Aries
- 21:26 – 23:19 Taurus
- 23:19 – 01:35 next day Gemini
- 01:35 – 04:00 next day Cancer
- 04:00 – 06:23 next day Leo
- 06:23 – 06:41 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