Auckland panchang, 28 February 2024
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 21:42 Magha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 20:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:42 – 10:19
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:07 – 13:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:07 – 13:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:10
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:03 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
20:01 to 07:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:01 – 22:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:37 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:46 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:29 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 09:23
- Nakshatra Hasta until 15:03 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 00:46 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:23, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:03 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:46 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:29 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:07 – 13:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:10
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 19:55 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:47 – 21:03
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. 05:36 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:07 – 13:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:01 – 22:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:05 – 15:03
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:05 – 08:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:42 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:24 – 20:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:01 – 21:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:56 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:20 – 05:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:43 – 07:06 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
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 05:57 Capricorn
- 05:57 – 08:24 Aquarius
- 08:24 – 10:50 Pisces
- 10:50 – 13:18 Aries
- 13:18 – 15:41 Taurus
- 15:41 – 17:43 Gemini
- 17:43 – 19:17 Cancer
- 19:17 – 20:36 Leo
- 20:36 – 21:51 Virgo
- 21:51 – 23:18 Libra
- 23:18 – 01:09 next day Scorpio
- 01:09 – 03:25 next day Sagittarius
- 03:25 – 05:53 next day Capricorn
- 05:53 – 07:06 next day Aquarius
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