Auckland panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 20:40 Moonrise 03:19 Pausha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 20:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:07 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta 09:12 – 10:09
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:01 – 13:59
- Durmuhurta 13:59 – 14:56
- Yamaganda 17:05 – 18:53
- 13:17 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 13:17 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:40 to 06:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:40 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:36 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 05:52 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 13:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 04:36 next day
- Karana Gara until 16:52, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:17 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 13:17 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:36 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:12 – 10:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:59 – 14:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:05 – 18:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:36 – 08:12 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:20 – 13:17
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. 05:02 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:01 – 13:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:40 – 22:36
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:20 – 08:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:07 – 09:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:55 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:30 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:53 | Bad |
| Char | 18:53 – 20:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:40 – 21:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:53 – 23:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:05 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:18 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:43 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:55 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:08 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:16 Sagittarius
- 06:16 – 08:44 Capricorn
- 08:44 – 11:11 Aquarius
- 11:11 – 13:37 Pisces
- 13:37 – 16:05 Aries
- 16:05 – 18:28 Taurus
- 18:28 – 20:30 Gemini
- 20:30 – 22:05 Cancer
- 22:05 – 23:23 Leo
- 23:23 – 00:38 next day Virgo
- 00:38 – 02:05 next day Libra
- 02:05 – 03:56 next day Scorpio
- 03:56 – 06:12 next day Sagittarius
- 06:12 – 06:21 next day Capricorn
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