Auckland panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 20:38 Moonrise 07:17 Magha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 20:38- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:15 – 10:12
- Yamaganda 09:57 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 14:00
- Gulika Kalam 13:31 – 15:18
- Rahu Kalam 17:05 – 18:52
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:37 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
20:38 to 06:25 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:38 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:31 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:44
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 03:31 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:44, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:37 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:31 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:15 – 10:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:05 – 18:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:31 – 02:28 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:37 – 06:25 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. 05:06 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:03 – 14:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:38 – 22:36
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:24 – 08:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:11 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Char | 09:57 – 11:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:44 – 13:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:31 – 15:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:18 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:05 – 18:52 | Good |
| Rog | 18:52 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:38 – 21:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:52 – 23:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:05 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:18 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:45 – 03:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:58 – 05:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:12 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:47 NowSun
- 05:36 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:24 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:01 Sagittarius
- 06:01 – 08:28 Capricorn
- 08:28 – 10:55 Aquarius
- 10:55 – 13:21 Pisces
- 13:21 – 15:49 Aries
- 15:49 – 18:12 Taurus
- 18:12 – 20:14 Gemini
- 20:14 – 21:49 Cancer
- 21:49 – 23:07 Leo
- 23:07 – 00:22 next day Virgo
- 00:22 – 01:49 next day Libra
- 01:49 – 03:40 next day Scorpio
- 03:40 – 05:57 next day Sagittarius
- 05:57 – 06:25 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