Los Angeles panchang, 8 March 2028
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 15:35 Phalguna 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
06:12 to 17:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:31
- 14:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:54 to 06:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:52 Moon enters Leo
- 00:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 00:32 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 22:52 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 15:26
- Karana Kaulava until 14:17, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:52 Moon enters Leo
- 00:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:31
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. 04:34 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:52 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 17:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:26 – 20:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:11 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
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:09 Capricorn
- 05:09 – 06:30 Aquarius
- 06:30 – 07:49 Pisces
- 07:49 – 09:19 Aries
- 09:19 – 11:12 Taurus
- 11:12 – 13:28 Gemini
- 13:28 – 15:53 Cancer
- 15:53 – 18:16 Leo
- 18:16 – 20:38 Virgo
- 20:38 – 23:03 Libra
- 23:03 – 01:25 next day Scorpio
- 01:25 – 03:27 next day Sagittarius
- 03:27 – 05:05 next day Capricorn
- 05:05 – 06:11 next day Aquarius
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