Los Angeles panchang, 20 September 2028
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 09:00 Ashwin 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
06:41 to 18:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:12 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam 11:14 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:10 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:45 – 14:16
- 07:25 Moon enters Libra
- 14:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:50 to 06:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:50 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 00:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 00:30 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 18:08 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 02:47 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:06, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:25 Moon enters Libra
- 14:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 00:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:45 – 14:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:47 – 23:28 next day
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. 05:06 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 21:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:08 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:12 – 09:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:43 – 11:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:14 – 12:45 | Good |
| Rog | 12:45 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:16 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Char | 15:48 – 17:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:19 – 18:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:19 – 21:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:48 – 23:17 | Good |
| Char | 23:17 – 00:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:46 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:15 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:44 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:12 – 06:41 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
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:25 Leo
- 06:25 – 08:48 Virgo
- 08:48 – 11:13 Libra
- 11:13 – 13:34 Scorpio
- 13:34 – 15:37 Sagittarius
- 15:37 – 17:14 Capricorn
- 17:14 – 18:36 Aquarius
- 18:36 – 19:55 Pisces
- 19:55 – 21:24 Aries
- 21:24 – 23:17 Taurus
- 23:17 – 01:33 next day Gemini
- 01:33 – 03:58 next day Cancer
- 03:58 – 06:21 next day Leo
- 06:21 – 06:41 next day Virgo
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