Auckland panchang, 31 December 2023
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 20:41 Moonrise 23:43 Margashirsha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 20:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:52
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 15:13
- Gulika Kalam 17:02 – 18:52
- Durmuhurta 18:44 – 19:43
- Rahu Kalam 18:52 – 20:41
- 06:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Priti
- 13:12 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 13:12 Moon enters Leo
- 19:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:41 to 06:05 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:41 – 22:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 19:26
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 13:12 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:25
- Karana Bava until 06:17, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Priti
- 13:12 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 13:12 Moon enters Leo
- 19:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 15:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:02 – 18:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:44 – 19:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:52 – 20:41
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. 04:50 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:41 – 22:34
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:05 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:44 – 11:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:33 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:13 – 17:02 | Good |
| Rog | 17:02 – 18:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:52 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:41 – 21:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:52 – 23:02 | Good |
| Char | 23:02 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:34 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:44 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:55 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:04 Scorpio
- 05:04 – 07:21 Sagittarius
- 07:21 – 09:49 Capricorn
- 09:49 – 12:16 Aquarius
- 12:16 – 14:42 Pisces
- 14:42 – 17:10 Aries
- 17:10 – 19:33 Taurus
- 19:33 – 21:35 Gemini
- 21:35 – 23:09 Cancer
- 23:09 – 00:27 next day Leo
- 00:27 – 01:43 next day Virgo
- 01:43 – 03:10 next day Libra
- 03:10 – 05:00 next day Scorpio
- 05:00 – 06:05 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