Auckland panchang, 20 December 2023
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 20:37 Moonrise 13:32 Margashirsha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 20:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 11:28 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 15:08
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 07:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:44 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:37 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:37 – 22:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 18:44
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 07:32 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 23:26
- Karana Vishti until 07:39, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 07:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:37 – 01:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:50 – 07:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:07 – 23:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 15:08
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 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:48 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:37 – 22:29
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:28 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:47 – 20:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:37 – 21:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:47 – 22:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:58 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 05:59 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:48 Scorpio
- 05:48 – 08:04 Sagittarius
- 08:04 – 10:32 Capricorn
- 10:32 – 12:59 Aquarius
- 12:59 – 15:25 Pisces
- 15:25 – 17:53 Aries
- 17:53 – 20:16 Taurus
- 20:16 – 22:18 Gemini
- 22:18 – 23:53 Cancer
- 23:53 – 01:11 next day Leo
- 01:11 – 02:26 next day Virgo
- 02:26 – 03:53 next day Libra
- 03:53 – 05:44 next day Scorpio
- 05:44 – 05:59 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