Auckland panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 20:36 Moonrise 23:24 Margashirsha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 20:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam 11:27 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 15:07
- 08:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:36 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:36 – 22:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:36
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 08:14 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 03:03 next day
- Karana Vishti until 17:36, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:56 – 17:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 15:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:03 – 02:03 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. 04:43 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:48 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:36 – 22:29
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:37 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:27 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:47 – 20:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:36 – 21:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:47 – 22:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:57 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:53 Scorpio
- 05:53 – 08:09 Sagittarius
- 08:09 – 10:37 Capricorn
- 10:37 – 13:04 Aquarius
- 13:04 – 15:30 Pisces
- 15:30 – 17:58 Aries
- 17:58 – 20:21 Taurus
- 20:21 – 22:23 Gemini
- 22:23 – 23:58 Cancer
- 23:58 – 01:16 next day Leo
- 01:16 – 02:31 next day Virgo
- 02:31 – 03:58 next day Libra
- 03:58 – 05:49 next day Scorpio
- 05:49 – 05:58 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