Los Angeles panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 12:51 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
07:00 to 18:16- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:24 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta 09:15 – 10:00
- Rahu Kalam 11:13 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:00
- Durmuhurta 13:00 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 15:27 – 16:51
- 09:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 17:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:24 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:16 to 07:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:24
- Nakshatra Mula until 21:17 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shobhana until 09:35
- Karana Taitila until 17:24, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 17:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:49
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:15 – 10:00
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:35 – 11:59
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 13:00 – 13:45
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:27 – 16:51
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. 05:18 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:00
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:16 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 07:00 – 21:17
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:00 – 17:24
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:00 – 08:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:24 – 09:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:49 – 11:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:13 – 12:38 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:38 – 14:02 | Good |
| Rog | 14:02 – 15:27 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:27 – 16:51 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:51 – 18:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:16 – 19:51 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:51 – 21:27 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:27 – 23:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:03 – 00:38 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:38 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:14 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:49 – 05:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:25 – 07:00 next day | Avoid |
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
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:07 Virgo
- 07:07 – 09:32 Libra
- 09:32 – 11:54 Scorpio
- 11:54 – 13:56 Sagittarius
- 13:56 – 15:34 Capricorn
- 15:34 – 16:55 Aquarius
- 16:55 – 18:14 Pisces
- 18:14 – 19:44 Aries
- 19:44 – 21:37 Taurus
- 21:37 – 23:53 Gemini
- 23:53 – 02:18 next day Cancer
- 02:18 – 04:41 next day Leo
- 04:41 – 07:00 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