Los Angeles panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 16:43 Moonrise 09:45 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
06:50 to 16:43- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 07:29 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam 09:18 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:06
- Yamaganda 13:00 – 14:14
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:42 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
16:43 to 06:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:43 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 03:18 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 16:42 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:44
- Karana Vanija until 13:58, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:42 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:29 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:00 – 14:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:44 – 02:20 next day
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. 04:57 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:43 – 19:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:50 – 16:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:50 – 03:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:42 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:50 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:04 – 09:18 | Good |
| Rog | 09:18 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Char | 11:46 – 13:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:00 – 14:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:14 – 15:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:29 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:29 – 20:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:15 – 22:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:01 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:19 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:05 – 06:51 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 07:10 Scorpio
- 07:10 – 09:12 Sagittarius
- 09:12 – 10:50 Capricorn
- 10:50 – 12:11 Aquarius
- 12:11 – 13:30 Pisces
- 13:30 – 15:00 Aries
- 15:00 – 16:53 Taurus
- 16:53 – 19:09 Gemini
- 19:09 – 21:34 Cancer
- 21:34 – 23:57 Leo
- 23:57 – 02:19 next day Virgo
- 02:19 – 04:44 next day Libra
- 04:44 – 06:51 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