Auckland panchang, 17 December 2023
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 20:35 Moonrise 09:58 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 15:06
- Gulika Kalam 16:56 – 18:46
- Durmuhurta 18:38 – 19:37
- Rahu Kalam 18:46 – 20:35
- 11:16 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:16 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:35 to 05:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:35 – 22:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:03 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 12:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 11:16
- Karana Bava until 14:16, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:16 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 15:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:56 – 18:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:38 – 19:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:46 – 20:35
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 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:47 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:35 – 22:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 12:07
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:57 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:47 – 09:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:37 – 11:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:26 – 13:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:16 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:06 – 16:56 | Good |
| Rog | 16:56 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:46 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:35 – 21:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:46 – 22:56 | Good |
| Char | 22:56 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:37 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:59 Scorpio
- 05:59 – 08:16 Sagittarius
- 08:16 – 10:44 Capricorn
- 10:44 – 13:11 Aquarius
- 13:11 – 15:37 Pisces
- 15:37 – 18:05 Aries
- 18:05 – 20:28 Taurus
- 20:28 – 22:30 Gemini
- 22:30 – 00:04 next day Cancer
- 00:04 – 01:23 next day Leo
- 01:23 – 02:38 next day Virgo
- 02:38 – 04:05 next day Libra
- 04:05 – 05:56 next day Scorpio
- 05:56 – 05:57 next day Sagittarius
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