Auckland panchang, 27 December 2023
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 20:40 Moonrise 21:15 Margashirsha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 20:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:52 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam 11:31 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:50 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 15:11
- 10:50 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 13:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 13:33 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:40 to 06:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:40 – 22:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 13:33
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:58 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 10:50
- Karana Bava until 13:33, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:50 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 13:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 13:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:31 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 15:11
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. 04:47 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:52 – 13:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:40 – 22:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:02 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:52 – 09:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:41 – 11:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:31 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:11 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Char | 17:01 – 18:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:50 – 20:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:40 – 21:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:51 – 23:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:01 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:52 – 06:03 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
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:20 Scorpio
- 05:20 – 07:37 Sagittarius
- 07:37 – 10:05 Capricorn
- 10:05 – 12:31 Aquarius
- 12:31 – 14:57 Pisces
- 14:57 – 17:25 Aries
- 17:25 – 19:48 Taurus
- 19:48 – 21:50 Gemini
- 21:50 – 23:25 Cancer
- 23:25 – 00:43 next day Leo
- 00:43 – 01:59 next day Virgo
- 01:59 – 03:25 next day Libra
- 03:25 – 05:16 next day Scorpio
- 05:16 – 06:03 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