Los Angeles panchang, 3 October 2026
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 18:33 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
06:50 to 18:33- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta 07:37 – 08:23
- Rahu Kalam 09:45 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:09 – 15:37
- 12:59 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 17:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:22 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:33 to 06:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:33 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:02 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:02 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 17:22
- Nakshatra Ardra until 12:59 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 00:02 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 17:22, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:59 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 17:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:02 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:02 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:51 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:37 – 08:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 11:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:09 – 15:37
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. 05:12 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 21:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:22 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:50 – 08:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:18 – 09:45 | Good |
| Rog | 09:45 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:13 – 12:41 | Bad |
| Char | 12:41 – 14:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:09 – 15:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:37 – 17:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:05 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:33 – 20:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:05 – 21:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:37 – 23:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:09 – 00:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:42 – 02:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:14 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:46 – 05:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:18 – 06:50 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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:36 Leo
- 05:36 – 07:59 Virgo
- 07:59 – 10:24 Libra
- 10:24 – 12:45 Scorpio
- 12:45 – 14:48 Sagittarius
- 14:48 – 16:25 Capricorn
- 16:25 – 17:47 Aquarius
- 17:47 – 19:05 Pisces
- 19:05 – 20:35 Aries
- 20:35 – 22:28 Taurus
- 22:28 – 00:44 next day Gemini
- 00:44 – 03:09 next day Cancer
- 03:09 – 05:32 next day Leo
- 05:32 – 06:50 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