Los Angeles panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 16:48 Moonrise 17:45 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
06:57 to 16:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:57 – 08:11
- Gulika Kalam 09:25 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta 10:14 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam 13:06 – 14:20
- Durmuhurta 14:10 – 14:49
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 13:37 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:48 to 06:57 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:48 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:03 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 13:37
- Nakshatra Ardra until 12:17 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 18:58
- Karana Kaulava until 13:37, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 13:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:03 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:14 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:10 – 14:49
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:57 – 12:17
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. 05:03 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:48 – 19:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:17 – 06:57 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:17 – 06:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:57 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:11 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:25 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Char | 10:38 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:06 – 14:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:20 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:34 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:34 – 20:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:20 – 22:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:06 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:25 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:11 – 06:57 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
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSun
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:23 Scorpio
- 06:23 – 08:25 Sagittarius
- 08:25 – 10:03 Capricorn
- 10:03 – 11:24 Aquarius
- 11:24 – 12:43 Pisces
- 12:43 – 14:13 Aries
- 14:13 – 16:06 Taurus
- 16:06 – 18:22 Gemini
- 18:22 – 20:47 Cancer
- 20:47 – 23:10 Leo
- 23:10 – 01:32 next day Virgo
- 01:32 – 03:57 next day Libra
- 03:57 – 06:19 next day Scorpio
- 06:19 – 06:57 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