Los Angeles panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 14:13 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
07:01 to 18:13- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 12:37 – 14:01
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta 16:44 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam 16:49 – 18:13
- 07:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 09:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:13 to 07:02 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 22:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 22:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 03:08 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:26
- Karana Vishti until 09:12, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 09:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 22:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:37 – 14:01
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:44 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:49 – 18:13
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. 05:19 – 06:10
- 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 18:13 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:01 – 03:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 03:08 – 07:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:01 – 08:25 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:25 – 09:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:49 – 11:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:13 – 12:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:37 – 14:01 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:01 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 16:49 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:49 – 18:13 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 18:13 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:49 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 23:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:02 – 00:38 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:38 – 02:14 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:14 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:26 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 05:26 – 07:02 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
- 07:01 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 07:00 Virgo
- 07:00 – 09:25 Libra
- 09:25 – 11:46 Scorpio
- 11:46 – 13:49 Sagittarius
- 13:49 – 15:26 Capricorn
- 15:26 – 16:48 Aquarius
- 16:48 – 18:06 Pisces
- 18:06 – 19:36 Aries
- 19:36 – 21:29 Taurus
- 21:29 – 23:45 Gemini
- 23:45 – 02:10 next day Cancer
- 02:10 – 04:33 next day Leo
- 04:33 – 06:56 next day Virgo
- 06:56 – 07:02 next day Libra
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