Auckland panchang, 25 October 2023
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 19:44 Moonrise 15:31 Ashwin month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 19:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:45
- Gulika Kalam 11:25 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:45
- 09:24 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:44 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:44 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:46 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 20:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:02
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:00 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 19:46
- Karana Vanija until 09:24, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:46 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 20:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:45
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:24 – 20:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:25 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:45
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:42 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:44 – 12:39
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. 05:00 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:44 – 21:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:25 – 21:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:02 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:45 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:25 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 18:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:05 – 19:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:44 – 21:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 23:44 | Good |
| Char | 23:44 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:24 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:44 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:24 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
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:10 Virgo
- 06:10 – 07:37 Libra
- 07:37 – 09:28 Scorpio
- 09:28 – 11:45 Sagittarius
- 11:45 – 14:12 Capricorn
- 14:12 – 16:39 Aquarius
- 16:39 – 19:05 Pisces
- 19:05 – 21:33 Aries
- 21:33 – 23:56 Taurus
- 23:56 – 01:58 next day Gemini
- 01:58 – 03:33 next day Cancer
- 03:33 – 04:51 next day Leo
- 04:51 – 06:06 next day Virgo
- 06:06 – 06:24 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 NZDT (UTC+13) · Method