👶 Los Angeles, California
Grandparents in India will ask for the baby's Nakshatra straight away. Get it right for a birth in Los Angeles, with the starting syllables and name ideas, in English or Hindi.
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The Moon moves through one Nakshatra in about a day, and through one pada in about six hours, so the birth time matters. Enter the time on the birth record exactly as written; in Los Angeles that is Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7), 12 h 30 min behind India. Below you can see the Nakshatra in Los Angeles right now and its syllables.
At sunrise today in Los Angeles the Moon is in Ardra, pada 2. Names for a baby born in this Nakshatra traditionally start with: Ku, Gha, Ng, Chha (one syllable for each of the four padas).
| Day (Vara) | Shukravar (Friday) |
|---|---|
| Tithi at sunrise | Krishna Shashthi until Sat 31 Oct, 4:27 AM |
| Nakshatra | Ardra (pada 2) until Fri 30 Oct, 6:41 PM |
| Sunrise / Sunset | 7:11 AM / 6:02 PM |
| Rahu Kaal (avoid) | 11:15 AM – 12:36 PM |
| Abhijit Muhurat (good) | 12:14 PM – 12:58 PM |
All times are Los Angeles local time (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC−7). Calculated from Los Angeles's own sunrise with the Lahiri ayanamsa.
Start and end times are in Los Angeles time. A vrat is usually kept on the day the Tithi is running at sunrise; your family or temple tradition may differ.
The length of the day decides the length of Rahu Kaal. In Los Angeles the shortest day has about 9 h 53 min of daylight and the longest about 14 h 26 min (today: 10 h 51 min), which gives a Rahu Kaal of 74 to 108 minutes.
Sunrise in Los Angeles today is 7:11 AM, 19 minutes earlier on the clock than in San Jose (492 km away). Even nearby cities need their own Panchang.
On 30 October the sunrise Tithi in Los Angeles is Krishna Shashthi; in Delhi it is Krishna Panchami. This is why a vrat date from an Indian calendar can be a day off in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles is on Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7), 12 h 30 min behind India.
Los Angeles uses daylight saving time, so the gap to India changes during the year:
If you were born in Los Angeles, enter your birth time exactly as it is written on your birth certificate. That is the local clock time, already including summer time if it applied, and the birthplace tells the calculation which time zone to use.
Southern California's Indian community stretches from Artesia's "Little India" to Irvine and the San Fernando Valley. The Malibu Hindu Temple, dedicated to Lord Venkateswara, is a landmark for families across Los Angeles.
Yes. The Parent Blend tool suggests modern names that combine both parents' names.
No. Use the local time on the birth record and Los Angeles as the birthplace. Zodastro converts it to work out the correct Nakshatra.
At sunrise today in Los Angeles the Moon is in Ardra. It changes about once a day, and the page shows when it changes.
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