Los Angeles panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 19:28 Moonrise 10:12 Bhadrapada month
Los Angeles, California, United States · 34.05°, -118.24° · America/Los_Angeles (UTC-07:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 19:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 11:16 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:28 – 13:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:55 – 14:33
- 10:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:28 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:28 – 21:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:43 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 21:41 Moon enters Libra
- 23:58 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:25
- Nakshatra Hasta until 10:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 20:43
- Karana Vishti until 13:25, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:43 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 21:41 Moon enters Libra
- 23:58 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:55 – 14:33
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 08:29 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:33 – 09:25
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. 04:54 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:28 – 13:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:28 – 21:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:21 – 10:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 10:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:21 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:16 – 12:55 | Good |
| Rog | 12:55 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Char | 16:11 – 17:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:50 – 19:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:28 – 20:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:33 | Good |
| Char | 23:33 – 00:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:55 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:17 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:22 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
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:52 Cancer
- 05:52 – 08:15 Leo
- 08:15 – 10:38 Virgo
- 10:38 – 13:03 Libra
- 13:03 – 15:24 Scorpio
- 15:24 – 17:27 Sagittarius
- 17:27 – 19:04 Capricorn
- 19:04 – 20:26 Aquarius
- 20:26 – 21:45 Pisces
- 21:45 – 23:15 Aries
- 23:15 – 01:07 next day Taurus
- 01:07 – 03:23 next day Gemini
- 03:23 – 05:48 next day Cancer
- 05:48 – 06:22 next day Leo
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 PDT (UTC-7) · Method