Auckland panchang, 18 December 2023
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 20:36 Moonrise 11:11 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 20:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:47 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 11:27 – 13:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:46
- Durmuhurta 13:46 – 14:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:40
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 10:24 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 11:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:36 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:36 – 22:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:01 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:44
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 10:24 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 08:05
- Karana Kaulava until 11:52, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 10:24 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 11:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:01 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:05 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:46 – 14:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:40
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. 04:43 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:47 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:36 – 22:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:24 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:57 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:47 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:37 – 11:27 | Good |
| Rog | 11:27 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:46 – 20:36 | Good |
| Char | 20:36 – 21:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:46 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:56 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:27 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:37 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:48 – 05:58 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:56 Scorpio
- 05:56 – 08:12 Sagittarius
- 08:12 – 10:40 Capricorn
- 10:40 – 13:07 Aquarius
- 13:07 – 15:33 Pisces
- 15:33 – 18:01 Aries
- 18:01 – 20:24 Taurus
- 20:24 – 22:26 Gemini
- 22:26 – 00:01 next day Cancer
- 00:01 – 01:19 next day Leo
- 01:19 – 02:34 next day Virgo
- 02:34 – 04:01 next day Libra
- 04:01 – 05:52 next day Scorpio
- 05:52 – 05:58 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