Los Angeles panchang, 18 November 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 13:10 Kartika month
Los Angeles, California, United States · 34.05°, -118.24° · America/Los_Angeles (UTC-08:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 16:46- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta 11:17 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 11:58 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:38 – 12:55
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
16:46 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 17:36
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 16:40 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 18:12
- Karana Kaulava until 17:36, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:17 – 11:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:38 – 12:55
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. 04:40 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 11:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 11:38 | Good |
| Rog | 11:38 – 12:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:55 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Char | 14:12 – 15:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:29 – 16:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:46 – 18:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:29 – 20:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:12 – 21:55 | Good |
| Char | 21:55 – 23:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:38 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 06:30 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:23 Libra
- 06:23 – 08:44 Scorpio
- 08:44 – 10:47 Sagittarius
- 10:47 – 12:24 Capricorn
- 12:24 – 13:46 Aquarius
- 13:46 – 15:05 Pisces
- 15:05 – 16:34 Aries
- 16:34 – 18:27 Taurus
- 18:27 – 20:43 Gemini
- 20:43 – 23:08 Cancer
- 23:08 – 01:31 next day Leo
- 01:31 – 03:54 next day Virgo
- 03:54 – 06:19 next day Libra
- 06:19 – 06:30 next day Scorpio
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 PST (UTC-8) · Method