Los Angeles panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 10:06 Pausha 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
06:55 to 16:46- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:10 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:04
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:58 Moon enters Aquarius
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
16:46 to 06:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:06 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 19:53
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 22:06 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 11:50
- Karana Bava until 07:00, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:58 Moon enters Aquarius
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:06 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:50 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:04
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:55 – 22:06
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. 05:02 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:06 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:55 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Char | 14:18 – 15:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:32 – 16:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:46 – 18:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:32 – 20:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:18 – 22:05 | Good |
| Char | 22:05 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:56 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
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:36 Scorpio
- 06:36 – 08:39 Sagittarius
- 08:39 – 10:16 Capricorn
- 10:16 – 11:38 Aquarius
- 11:38 – 12:57 Pisces
- 12:57 – 14:27 Aries
- 14:27 – 16:19 Taurus
- 16:19 – 18:35 Gemini
- 18:35 – 21:00 Cancer
- 21:00 – 23:24 Leo
- 23:24 – 01:46 next day Virgo
- 01:46 – 04:11 next day Libra
- 04:11 – 06:32 next day Scorpio
- 06:32 – 06:56 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