Los Angeles panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 16:44 Moonrise 11:36 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
06:53 to 16:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 13:02
- 09:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:44 to 06:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:44 – 19:34
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 09:16
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 02:00 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 23:51
- Karana Vanija until 09:16, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:20
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:16 – 19:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:02
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:43 – 21:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:51 – 22:49 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. 04:59 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:44 – 19:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:53 – 09:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:20 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 13:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:02 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Char | 14:16 – 15:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:30 – 16:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:44 – 18:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:30 – 20:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:16 – 22:02 | Good |
| Char | 22:02 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:54 Scorpio
- 06:54 – 08:57 Sagittarius
- 08:57 – 10:34 Capricorn
- 10:34 – 11:56 Aquarius
- 11:56 – 13:14 Pisces
- 13:14 – 14:44 Aries
- 14:44 – 16:37 Taurus
- 16:37 – 18:53 Gemini
- 18:53 – 21:18 Cancer
- 21:18 – 23:41 Leo
- 23:41 – 02:04 next day Virgo
- 02:04 – 04:29 next day Libra
- 04:29 – 06:50 next day Scorpio
- 06:50 – 06:53 next day Sagittarius
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