Los Angeles panchang, 20 December 2026
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 13:39 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
06:55 to 16:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 11:50 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 14:18 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:27 – 16:06
- Rahu Kalam 15:32 – 16:46
- 15:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
16:46 to 06:55 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:06 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 04:06 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 23:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 15:37
- Karana Bava until 17:30, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 17:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:06 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:18 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:27 – 16:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 16:46
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:55 – 23:39
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. 05:02 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:36
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:55 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:09 – 09:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:23 – 10:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:36 – 11:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:50 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:18 | Good |
| Rog | 14:18 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:32 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:46 – 18:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:32 – 20:18 | Good |
| Char | 20:18 – 22:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:04 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:50 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:37 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:23 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:55 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
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 05:55 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:38 Scorpio
- 06:38 – 08:41 Sagittarius
- 08:41 – 10:18 Capricorn
- 10:18 – 11:40 Aquarius
- 11:40 – 12:59 Pisces
- 12:59 – 14:29 Aries
- 14:29 – 16:21 Taurus
- 16:21 – 18:37 Gemini
- 18:37 – 21:02 Cancer
- 21:02 – 23:26 Leo
- 23:26 – 01:48 next day Virgo
- 01:48 – 04:13 next day Libra
- 04:13 – 06:34 next day Scorpio
- 06:34 – 06:55 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