Auckland panchang, 6 December 2023
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 20:27 Moonrise 02:05 Kartika month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 20:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam 11:22 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 15:00
- 06:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 08:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:52 Moon enters Virgo
Night
20:27 to 05:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:27 – 22:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:23 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 08:07
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:07 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:11
- Karana Kaulava until 08:07, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 08:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:52 Moon enters Virgo
- 21:23 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 15:00
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. 04:40 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:27 – 22:21
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:33 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:22 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Char | 16:49 – 18:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:38 – 20:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:27 – 21:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:38 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:11 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:22 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 04:52 Libra
- 04:52 – 06:43 Scorpio
- 06:43 – 08:59 Sagittarius
- 08:59 – 11:27 Capricorn
- 11:27 – 13:54 Aquarius
- 13:54 – 16:20 Pisces
- 16:20 – 18:48 Aries
- 18:48 – 21:11 Taurus
- 21:11 – 23:13 Gemini
- 23:13 – 00:48 next day Cancer
- 00:48 – 02:06 next day Leo
- 02:06 – 03:21 next day Virgo
- 03:21 – 04:48 next day Libra
- 04:48 – 05:56 next day Scorpio
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