Los Angeles panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 16:42 Moonrise 07:38 Margashirsha 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
06:48 to 16:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:02 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:25 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:45 – 12:59
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
16:42 to 06:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:42 – 19:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 19:16
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 07:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 19:54
- Karana Bava until 19:16, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 19:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:25 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 12:59
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:54 – 22:18
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. 04:55 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:42 – 19:31
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:16 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:48 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:02 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:59 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Char | 14:13 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 16:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:42 – 18:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:28 – 20:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:14 – 21:59 | Good |
| Char | 21:59 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:48 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:00 Libra
- 05:00 – 07:22 Scorpio
- 07:22 – 09:24 Sagittarius
- 09:24 – 11:02 Capricorn
- 11:02 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 15:12 Aries
- 15:12 – 17:05 Taurus
- 17:05 – 19:21 Gemini
- 19:21 – 21:46 Cancer
- 21:46 – 00:09 next day Leo
- 00:09 – 02:31 next day Virgo
- 02:31 – 04:56 next day Libra
- 04:56 – 06:48 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