Auckland panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 20:38 Moonrise 08:22 Magha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 20:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:11 – 09:58
- Gulika Kalam 11:45 – 13:31
- Durmuhurta 13:03 – 14:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 14:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:31 – 15:18
- 09:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 10:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 10:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:38 to 06:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:38 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:28 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:28 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 10:13
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 21:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 02:28 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 10:13, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 10:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 10:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:28 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:28 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:03 – 14:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:18
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:25 – 21:28
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. 05:07 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:25 – 10:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:28 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:11 – 09:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:58 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:31 | Good |
| Rog | 13:31 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Char | 17:05 – 18:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:51 – 20:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:38 – 21:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:51 – 23:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:05 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:45 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:12 – 06:26 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
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:57 Sagittarius
- 05:57 – 08:25 Capricorn
- 08:25 – 10:51 Aquarius
- 10:51 – 13:17 Pisces
- 13:17 – 15:45 Aries
- 15:45 – 18:08 Taurus
- 18:08 – 20:10 Gemini
- 20:10 – 21:45 Cancer
- 21:45 – 23:03 Leo
- 23:03 – 00:18 next day Virgo
- 00:18 – 01:45 next day Libra
- 01:45 – 03:36 next day Scorpio
- 03:36 – 05:53 next day Sagittarius
- 05:53 – 06:26 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