Auckland panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 20:40 Moonrise 04:11 Pausha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 20:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:21 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta 06:21 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:15
- Rahu Kalam 09:55 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:02 – 13:59
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 17:05
- 15:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 18:46 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
20:40 to 06:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:40 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 07:34 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 15:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 04:48 next day
- Karana Vishti until 18:46, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 18:46 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:21 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:21 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 17:05
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. 05:03 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:02 – 13:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:40 – 22:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:21 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:21 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:08 – 09:55 | Good |
| Rog | 09:55 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:43 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Char | 13:30 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 17:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:05 – 18:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:52 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:40 – 21:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:52 – 23:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:05 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:18 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:31 – 02:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:43 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:56 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:09 – 06:22 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
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:12 Sagittarius
- 06:12 – 08:40 Capricorn
- 08:40 – 11:07 Aquarius
- 11:07 – 13:33 Pisces
- 13:33 – 16:01 Aries
- 16:01 – 18:24 Taurus
- 18:24 – 20:26 Gemini
- 20:26 – 22:01 Cancer
- 22:01 – 23:19 Leo
- 23:19 – 00:34 next day Virgo
- 00:34 – 02:01 next day Libra
- 02:01 – 03:52 next day Scorpio
- 03:52 – 06:09 next day Sagittarius
- 06:09 – 06:22 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