Auckland panchang, 4 January 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 20:42 Moonrise 21:45 Pausha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 20:42- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:56 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 15:14
- Gulika Kalam 17:03 – 18:53
- Durmuhurta 18:45 – 19:44
- Rahu Kalam 18:53 – 20:42
- 09:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:45 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 17:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:00 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:42 to 06:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:42 – 22:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 22:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 12:45
- Karana Balava until 09:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:45 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 17:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:45 – 09:17 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 15:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:03 – 18:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:45 – 19:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:53 – 20:42
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. 04:53 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:56 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:42 – 22:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:41 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:08 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:57 – 09:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:47 – 11:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:36 – 13:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:25 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 17:03 | Good |
| Rog | 17:03 – 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 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:36 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:47 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:58 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- 23:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 07:04 Sagittarius
- 07:04 – 09:31 Capricorn
- 09:31 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 14:24 Pisces
- 14:24 – 16:52 Aries
- 16:52 – 19:15 Taurus
- 19:15 – 21:17 Gemini
- 21:17 – 22:52 Cancer
- 22:52 – 00:10 next day Leo
- 00:10 – 01:25 next day Virgo
- 01:25 – 02:52 next day Libra
- 02:52 – 04:43 next day Scorpio
- 04:43 – 06:09 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