Auckland panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 20:42 Moonrise 00:29 Margashirsha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 20:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam 11:35 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 15:14
- 13:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:01 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:42 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:42 – 22:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 03:18 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 22:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 13:02
- Karana Vishti until 14:01, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:16 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:41 – 01:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:35 – 13:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 15:14
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. 04:52 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:42 – 22:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:07 – 22:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:07 – 03:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:16 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:46 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:35 – 13:24 | Good |
| Rog | 13:24 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Char | 17:03 – 18:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:52 – 20:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:42 – 21:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:53 – 23:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:03 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:14 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:36 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:08 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
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 04:53 Scorpio
- 04:53 – 07:09 Sagittarius
- 07:09 – 09:37 Capricorn
- 09:37 – 12:04 Aquarius
- 12:04 – 14:30 Pisces
- 14:30 – 16:58 Aries
- 16:58 – 19:21 Taurus
- 19:21 – 21:23 Gemini
- 21:23 – 22:58 Cancer
- 22:58 – 00:16 next day Leo
- 00:16 – 01:31 next day Virgo
- 01:31 – 02:58 next day Libra
- 02:58 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
- 04:49 – 06:08 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