Los Angeles panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 12:30 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
06:54 to 16:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:08 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 14:17 – 15:31
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:45 to 06:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:28 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 09:44
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:28 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 21:05
- Karana Kaulava until 09:44, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:05 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:28 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:17 – 15:31
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:05 – 07:52 next day
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 09:44 – 02:28 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. 05:01 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:35
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:54 – 09:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:54 – 02:28 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:54 – 06:54 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:28 – 06:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:54 – 08:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:08 – 09:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:21 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:49 – 13:03 | Good |
| Rog | 13:03 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:17 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Char | 15:31 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:45 – 18:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:31 – 20:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:17 – 22:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:03 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:49 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:36 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:22 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:08 – 06:54 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
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:46 Scorpio
- 06:46 – 08:49 Sagittarius
- 08:49 – 10:26 Capricorn
- 10:26 – 11:48 Aquarius
- 11:48 – 13:07 Pisces
- 13:07 – 14:36 Aries
- 14:36 – 16:29 Taurus
- 16:29 – 18:45 Gemini
- 18:45 – 21:10 Cancer
- 21:10 – 23:33 Leo
- 23:33 – 01:56 next day Virgo
- 01:56 – 04:21 next day Libra
- 04:21 – 06:42 next day Scorpio
- 06:42 – 06:54 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