Auckland panchang, 21 December 2023
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 20:38 Moonrise 14:40 Margashirsha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 20:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:59 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam 09:38 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta 10:52 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam 15:08 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta 16:43 – 17:42
- 06:27 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:38 to 05:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:38 – 22:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:57 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:39 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 17:07
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 06:27 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 20:57
- Karana Kaulava until 17:07, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:27 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:57 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:39 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 11:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:52 – 11:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:43 – 17:42
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:57 – 07:49 next day
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. 04:44 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:49 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:38 – 22:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 05:39 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 05:59 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:07 – 05:59 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:39 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:59 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:49 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:38 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Char | 11:28 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:58 – 18:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:48 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 21:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:48 – 22:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:58 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:29 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:39 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:49 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:44 Scorpio
- 05:44 – 08:01 Sagittarius
- 08:01 – 10:28 Capricorn
- 10:28 – 12:55 Aquarius
- 12:55 – 15:21 Pisces
- 15:21 – 17:49 Aries
- 17:49 – 20:12 Taurus
- 20:12 – 22:14 Gemini
- 22:14 – 23:49 Cancer
- 23:49 – 01:07 next day Leo
- 01:07 – 02:22 next day Virgo
- 02:22 – 03:49 next day Libra
- 03:49 – 05:40 next day Scorpio
- 05:40 – 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