Auckland panchang, 7 January 2024
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 20:42 Moonrise 02:04 Margashirsha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 20:42- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:55
- Yamaganda 13:26 – 15:15
- Gulika Kalam 17:04 – 18:53
- Durmuhurta 18:46 – 19:44
- Rahu Kalam 18:53 – 20:42
- 08:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:39 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:20 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:42 to 06:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:42 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:31 Moon enters Scorpio
- 05:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 08:12
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 05:38 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 13:39
- Karana Vishti until 08:12, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:39 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:31 Moon enters Scorpio
- 05:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 15:15
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:39 – 15:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:04 – 18:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:46 – 19:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:53 – 20:42
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:10 – 05:38 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 04:42 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:39 – 05:45 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:38 – 06:11 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. 04:55 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:57 – 13:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:42 – 22:36
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:10 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:59 – 09:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:48 – 11:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:37 – 13:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:26 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:15 – 17:04 | Good |
| Rog | 17:04 – 18:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:53 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:42 – 21:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:53 – 23:04 | Good |
| Char | 23:04 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:38 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:49 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:00 – 06:11 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
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 17:04 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 03:49 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:54 Sagittarius
- 06:54 – 09:21 Capricorn
- 09:21 – 11:48 Aquarius
- 11:48 – 14:14 Pisces
- 14:14 – 16:42 Aries
- 16:42 – 19:05 Taurus
- 19:05 – 21:07 Gemini
- 21:07 – 22:42 Cancer
- 22:42 – 00:00 next day Leo
- 00:00 – 01:15 next day Virgo
- 01:15 – 02:42 next day Libra
- 02:42 – 04:33 next day Scorpio
- 04:33 – 06:11 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