Los Angeles panchang, 18 October 2028
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 07:47 Kartika 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
07:02 to 18:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam 11:13 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:37 – 14:01
- 12:56 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:31 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:13 to 07:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:31
- Nakshatra Swati until 02:28 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:56
- Karana Bava until 16:31, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:56 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:37 – 14:01
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. 05:19 – 06:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:31 – 07:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:02 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:26 – 09:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:49 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:13 – 12:37 | Good |
| Rog | 12:37 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:01 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 23:01 | Good |
| Char | 23:01 – 00:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:38 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:14 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:26 – 07:03 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
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 06:58 Virgo
- 06:58 – 09:23 Libra
- 09:23 – 11:44 Scorpio
- 11:44 – 13:47 Sagittarius
- 13:47 – 15:24 Capricorn
- 15:24 – 16:46 Aquarius
- 16:46 – 18:04 Pisces
- 18:04 – 19:34 Aries
- 19:34 – 21:27 Taurus
- 21:27 – 23:43 Gemini
- 23:43 – 02:08 next day Cancer
- 02:08 – 04:31 next day Leo
- 04:31 – 06:54 next day Virgo
- 06:54 – 07:03 next day Libra
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