Auckland panchang, 16 December 2023
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 20:35 Moonrise 08:43 Margashirsha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 20:35- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:57 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta 05:57 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta 06:55 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam 09:36 – 11:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:55
- 06:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:54 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:32 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:35 to 05:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:35 – 22:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:00
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 13:54 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 14:32
- Karana Gara until 06:00, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:54 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:32 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:57 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:55 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 11:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:32 – 18:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:55
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. 04:42 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:46 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:35 – 22:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 13:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:00 – 03:30 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:54 – 05:57 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:28 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:57 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:47 – 09:36 | Good |
| Rog | 09:36 – 11:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:26 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:55 – 18:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:45 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:35 – 21:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:45 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:55 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:16 – 02:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:26 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:37 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:47 – 05:57 next day | Good |
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
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:03 Scorpio
- 06:03 – 08:20 Sagittarius
- 08:20 – 10:48 Capricorn
- 10:48 – 13:15 Aquarius
- 13:15 – 15:41 Pisces
- 15:41 – 18:09 Aries
- 18:09 – 20:32 Taurus
- 20:32 – 22:34 Gemini
- 22:34 – 00:08 next day Cancer
- 00:08 – 01:26 next day Leo
- 01:26 – 02:42 next day Virgo
- 02:42 – 04:09 next day Libra
- 04:09 – 05:57 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