Auckland panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 20:41 Moonrise 00:58 Pausha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 20:41- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:04 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 11:40 – 13:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:00 – 13:57
- Durmuhurta 13:57 – 14:55
- Gulika Kalam 15:17 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta 16:50 – 17:48
- 06:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 20:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:41 to 06:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:41 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:42 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 20:13
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:35 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 01:42 next day
- Karana Taitila until 06:59, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 20:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:42 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:57 – 14:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:50 – 17:48
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:42 – 03:42 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. 04:59 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:00 – 13:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:41 – 22:36
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:16 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:04 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:52 – 11:40 | Good |
| Rog | 11:40 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:53 – 20:41 | Good |
| Char | 20:41 – 21:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:53 – 23:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:05 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:17 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:53 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:05 – 06:16 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:32 Sagittarius
- 06:32 – 09:00 Capricorn
- 09:00 – 11:27 Aquarius
- 11:27 – 13:52 Pisces
- 13:52 – 16:21 Aries
- 16:21 – 18:44 Taurus
- 18:44 – 20:45 Gemini
- 20:45 – 22:20 Cancer
- 22:20 – 23:38 Leo
- 23:38 – 00:54 next day Virgo
- 00:54 – 02:20 next day Libra
- 02:20 – 04:11 next day Scorpio
- 04:11 – 06:16 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