Los Angeles panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 14:25 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:09 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:50
- Gulika Kalam 13:05 – 14:18
- Durmuhurta 14:09 – 14:48
- 12:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:34 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:46 to 06:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:15 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 00:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 00:54 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:15 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 12:02
- Karana Kaulava until 14:34, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:02 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:15 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 00:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:09 – 14:48
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 – 05:59
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:15 – 06:56 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:15 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:55 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:09 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:23 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:51 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Char | 13:05 – 14:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:18 – 15:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:32 – 16:46 | Good |
| Char | 16:46 – 18:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:32 – 20:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:18 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:05 – 23:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:51 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:10 – 06:56 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:34 Scorpio
- 06:34 – 08:37 Sagittarius
- 08:37 – 10:15 Capricorn
- 10:15 – 11:36 Aquarius
- 11:36 – 12:55 Pisces
- 12:55 – 14:25 Aries
- 14:25 – 16:17 Taurus
- 16:17 – 18:33 Gemini
- 18:33 – 20:58 Cancer
- 20:58 – 23:22 Leo
- 23:22 – 01:44 next day Virgo
- 01:44 – 04:09 next day Libra
- 04:09 – 06:30 next day Scorpio
- 06:30 – 06:56 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