Auckland panchang, 8 January 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 20:42 Moonrise 23:48 Pausha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 20:42- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:12 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam 09:49 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta 11:02 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:58 – 13:56
- Rahu Kalam 15:16 – 17:04
- Durmuhurta 16:50 – 17:48
- 14:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
20:42 to 06:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:42 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:55 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 02:09 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 14:04
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 19:54 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:55 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:04, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 00:55 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 02:09 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:02 – 12:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 17:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:50 – 17:48
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 19:54 – 06:13 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. 04:56 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:58 – 13:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:42 – 22:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:12 – 14:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:54 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:12 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:00 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:49 – 11:38 | Bad |
| Char | 11:38 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 15:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:16 – 17:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:04 – 18:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:53 – 20:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:42 – 21:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:53 – 23:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:05 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:16 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:27 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:39 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:50 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:01 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:48 Sagittarius
- 06:48 – 09:16 Capricorn
- 09:16 – 11:42 Aquarius
- 11:42 – 14:08 Pisces
- 14:08 – 16:36 Aries
- 16:36 – 18:59 Taurus
- 18:59 – 21:01 Gemini
- 21:01 – 22:36 Cancer
- 22:36 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 01:09 next day Virgo
- 01:09 – 02:36 next day Libra
- 02:36 – 04:27 next day Scorpio
- 04:27 – 06:13 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