diff --git a/public/components/custom_panels/panel_modules/visualization_flyout/visualization_flyout_so.tsx b/public/components/custom_panels/panel_modules/visualization_flyout/visualization_flyout_so.tsx
index 589cd7dea..96a9b0571 100644
--- a/public/components/custom_panels/panel_modules/visualization_flyout/visualization_flyout_so.tsx
+++ b/public/components/custom_panels/panel_modules/visualization_flyout/visualization_flyout_so.tsx
@@ -32,38 +32,31 @@ import {
   EuiToolTip,
   ShortDate,
 } from '@elastic/eui';
-import _, { isError } from 'lodash';
+import _ from 'lodash';
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux';
-import { FlyoutContainers } from '../../../common/flyout_containers';
-import {
-  displayVisualization,
-  getQueryResponse,
-  isDateValid,
-  parseSavedVisualizations,
-} from '../../helpers/utils';
-import { convertDateTime } from '../../helpers/utils';
-import PPLService from '../../../../services/requests/ppl';
 import { CoreStart } from '../../../../../../../src/core/public';
-import { CUSTOM_PANELS_API_PREFIX } from '../../../../../common/constants/custom_panels';
+import { SAVED_VISUALIZATION } from '../../../../../common/constants/explorer';
 import {
-  BoxType,
   PplResponse,
   SavedVisualizationType,
   VisualizationType,
   VizContainerError,
 } from '../../../../../common/types/custom_panels';
-import './visualization_flyout.scss';
 import { uiSettingsService } from '../../../../../common/utils';
-import { ILegacyScopedClusterClient } from '../../../../../../../src/core/server';
-import { replaceVizInPanel, selectPanel } from '../../redux/panel_slice';
+import PPLService from '../../../../services/requests/ppl';
 import { SavedObjectsActions } from '../../../../services/saved_objects/saved_object_client/saved_objects_actions';
+import { ObservabilitySavedVisualization } from '../../../../services/saved_objects/saved_object_client/types';
+import { FlyoutContainers } from '../../../common/flyout_containers';
 import {
-  ObservabilitySavedObject,
-  ObservabilitySavedVisualization,
-} from '../../../../services/saved_objects/saved_object_client/types';
-import { SAVED_VISUALIZATION } from '../../../../../common/constants/explorer';
+  convertDateTime,
+  displayVisualization,
+  getQueryResponse,
+  isDateValid,
+  parseSavedVisualizations,
+} from '../../helpers/utils';
+import { replaceVizInPanel, selectPanel } from '../../redux/panel_slice';
+import './visualization_flyout.scss';
 
 /*
  * VisaulizationFlyoutSO - This module create a flyout to add visualization for SavedObjects custom Panels
@@ -253,7 +246,14 @@ export const VisaulizationFlyoutSO = ({
       content="Picker is disabled. Please edit date/time from panel"
       display="block"
     >
-      <EuiFormRow label="Panel Time Range" fullWidth>
+      <EuiFormRow
+        label="Panel Time Range"
+        fullWidth
+        isInvalid={startDate > endDate}
+        // date-picker-preview style reduces height, need to add an empty line
+        // above error message so it does not overlap with DatePicker.
+        error={['', 'Time range is invalid.']}
+      >
         <EuiDatePickerRange
           className="date-picker-preview"
           fullWidth
diff --git a/public/components/custom_panels/redux/panel_slice.ts b/public/components/custom_panels/redux/panel_slice.ts
index a68c27155..62d0f4d6c 100644
--- a/public/components/custom_panels/redux/panel_slice.ts
+++ b/public/components/custom_panels/redux/panel_slice.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
 import { createSelector, createSlice } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import { async, concat, from, Observable, of } from 'rxjs';
 import { map, mergeMap, tap, toArray } from 'rxjs/operators';
@@ -34,7 +39,7 @@ export const newPanelTemplate = (newName) => ({
   dateModified: new Date().getTime(),
   visualizations: [],
   queryFilter: { language: '', query: '' },
-  timeRange: { from: 'now', to: 'now-1d' },
+  timeRange: { from: 'now-1d', to: 'now' },
 });
 
 const initialState: InitialState = {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1ff24c249..7f4307011 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -531,11 +531,6 @@ astral-regex@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/astral-regex/-/astral-regex-1.0.0.tgz#6c8c3fb827dd43ee3918f27b82782ab7658a6fd9"
   integrity sha512-+Ryf6g3BKoRc7jfp7ad8tM4TtMiaWvbF/1/sQcZPkkS7ag3D5nMBCe2UfOTONtAkaG0tO0ij3C5Lwmf1EiyjHg==
 
-astral-regex@^2.0.0:
-  version "2.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/astral-regex/-/astral-regex-2.0.0.tgz#483143c567aeed4785759c0865786dc77d7d2e31"
-  integrity sha512-Z7tMw1ytTXt5jqMcOP+OQteU1VuNK9Y02uuJtKQ1Sv69jXQKKg5cibLwGJow8yzZP+eAc18EmLGPal0bp36rvQ==
-
 async-wait-until@1.2.6:
   version "1.2.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async-wait-until/-/async-wait-until-1.2.6.tgz#b6d8ada89913028af1928ee078925af75862b108"
@@ -611,7 +606,7 @@ brace-expansion@^1.1.7:
     balanced-match "^1.0.0"
     concat-map "0.0.1"
 
-braces@^3.0.2, braces@~3.0.2:
+braces@~3.0.2:
   version "3.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/braces/-/braces-3.0.2.tgz#3454e1a462ee8d599e236df336cd9ea4f8afe107"
   integrity sha512-b8um+L1RzM3WDSzvhm6gIz1yfTbBt6YTlcEKAvsmqCZZFw46z626lVj9j1yEPW33H5H+lBQpZMP1k8l+78Ha0A==
@@ -1821,11 +1816,6 @@ is-fullwidth-code-point@^3.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-fullwidth-code-point/-/is-fullwidth-code-point-3.0.0.tgz#f116f8064fe90b3f7844a38997c0b75051269f1d"
   integrity sha512-zymm5+u+sCsSWyD9qNaejV3DFvhCKclKdizYaJUuHA83RLjb7nSuGnddCHGv0hk+KY7BMAlsWeK4Ueg6EV6XQg==
 
-is-fullwidth-code-point@^4.0.0:
-  version "4.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-fullwidth-code-point/-/is-fullwidth-code-point-4.0.0.tgz#fae3167c729e7463f8461ce512b080a49268aa88"
-  integrity sha512-O4L094N2/dZ7xqVdrXhh9r1KODPJpFms8B5sGdJLPy664AgvXsreZUyCQQNItZRDlYug4xStLjNp/sz3HvBowQ==
-
 is-glob@^4.0.0, is-glob@^4.0.3, is-glob@~4.0.1:
   version "4.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-glob/-/is-glob-4.0.3.tgz#64f61e42cbbb2eec2071a9dac0b28ba1e65d5084"
@@ -2489,7 +2479,7 @@ performance-now@^2.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/performance-now/-/performance-now-2.1.0.tgz#6309f4e0e5fa913ec1c69307ae364b4b377c9e7b"
   integrity sha1-Ywn04OX6kT7BxpMHrjZLSzd8nns=
 
-picomatch@^2.0.4, picomatch@^2.2.1, picomatch@^2.2.3, picomatch@^2.3.1:
+picomatch@^2.0.4, picomatch@^2.2.1, picomatch@^2.2.3:
   version "2.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/picomatch/-/picomatch-2.3.1.tgz#3ba3833733646d9d3e4995946c1365a67fb07a42"
   integrity sha512-JU3teHTNjmE2VCGFzuY8EXzCDVwEqB2a8fsIvwaStHhAWJEeVd1o1QD80CU6+ZdEXXSLbSsuLwJjkCBWqRQUVA==