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Panchang for Los Angeles — 12 August 2026

Krishna Amavasya tithi, Ashlesha nakshatra · Wednesday · CA (34.0522°, -118.2437°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Karka (Ashadha)

A pañcāṅga is the day's five limbs — tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa. All five come from the real positions of the Sun and Moon and change through the day, so they are reckoned from Los Angeles (34.0522°, -118.2437°)'s own sunrise — 06:12 AM here today rather than from a national average. Below are today's five with the time each ends, and then the day's auspicious and inauspicious windows.

What it means
TithiKrishna Amavasyauntil 10:36 AMPurna tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayWednesdayTrade, learning, accounts, communication, short travel.
NakshatraAshlesha · pada 2until 05:36 PMTikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaVariyanauntil 11:46 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaNagauntil 10:36 AMFixed karana — harsh / cruel deeds only.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise06:12 AM
Sunset07:43 PM
Moonrise06:08 AM
Moonset07:51 PM
Moon inCancer
Sun inCancer
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Grishma

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta04:36 AM – 05:24 AM
Amrit Kalam04:20 PM – 05:48 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam12:57 PM – 02:38 PM
Gulika Kalam11:16 AM – 12:57 PM
Yamaganda07:53 AM – 09:34 AM
Varjyam07:27 AM – 08:56 AM
Abhijit Muhurta12:30 PM – 01:24 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta09:48 AM – 10:42 AM

Day Choghadiya

Laabh06:12 AM – 07:53 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit07:53 AM – 09:34 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal09:34 AM – 11:16 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:16 AM – 12:57 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog12:57 PM – 02:38 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg02:38 PM – 04:20 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:20 PM – 06:01 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh06:01 PM – 07:43 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures

Night Choghadiya

Udveg07:43 PM – 09:01 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara09:01 PM – 10:20 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh10:20 PM – 11:38 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit11:38 PM – 12:57 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal12:57 AM – 02:16 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh02:16 AM – 03:34 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog03:34 AM – 04:53 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg04:53 AM – 06:12 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts

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Sources & citations

P Sun/Moon sidereal longitudes via Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph), Lahiri/Chitrapaksha ayanamsa
T1 Surya Siddhanta — tithi=Moon−Sun/12°, nakshatra=Moon/13°20′, yoga=(Sun+Moon)/13°20′, karana=half-tithi
T3 Rahu/Yamaganda/Gulika kalam — 8 equal day-octants by weekday (standard panchang convention)
T2 Prasna Marga — Visha (Varjyam) & Amrita ghati table per nakshatra
T2 Muhurta Chintamani — auspicious/inauspicious yogas, masa/ritu/ayana
T2 Abhijit = the midday muhurta — Jaimini Sutras, B. S. Rao 1955, commentator's note to Su.27: “The mid-day goes under the name of Abhijit and is considered as very auspicious for all work. It cuts away all evils. Abhijit sarva doshaghnam.” Day divided into 15 muhurtas of 2 ghati each, varying with daylength — Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra (Tara Chandra Shastri / Khemaraja edition)
T3 Durmuhurta — muhurta slots by weekday (standard panchang convention; no verse for it in our library, so it is not cited to one)
T3 Muhurta Chintamani — Choghadiya/Kalahora prakarana; weekday-rotated 7-cycle