Los Angeles panchang, 12 October 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 09:03 Ashwin month
Los Angeles, California, United States · 34.05°, -118.24° · America/Los_Angeles (UTC-07:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 18:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:22 – 09:48
- Yamaganda 11:13 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta 13:01 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 14:04 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:04
- 08:02 Yoga becomes Priti
- 09:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 09:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:22 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:21 to 06:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:42 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 09:43
- Nakshatra Swati until 11:22 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 08:02
- Karana Kaulava until 09:43, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:02 Yoga becomes Priti
- 09:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 09:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:22 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:42 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:48
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 13:01 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:04 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:04
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:16 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:21 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:22 – 09:48 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:48 – 11:13 | Good |
| Rog | 11:13 – 12:39 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:39 – 14:04 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:04 – 15:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:30 – 16:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:55 – 18:21 | Good |
| Char | 18:21 – 19:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:55 – 21:30 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 21:30 – 23:04 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:04 – 00:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:39 – 02:14 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:14 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:48 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:23 – 06:57 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 07:23 Virgo
- 07:23 – 09:48 Libra
- 09:48 – 12:10 Scorpio
- 12:10 – 14:12 Sagittarius
- 14:12 – 15:50 Capricorn
- 15:50 – 17:11 Aquarius
- 17:11 – 18:30 Pisces
- 18:30 – 20:00 Aries
- 20:00 – 21:53 Taurus
- 21:53 – 00:09 next day Gemini
- 00:09 – 02:34 next day Cancer
- 02:34 – 04:57 next day Leo
- 04:57 – 06:57 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