Auckland panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 19:34 Moonrise 06:03 Phalguna month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:22 to 19:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:54 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam 11:57 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta 13:04 – 13:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:04 – 13:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:28 – 15:00
- 13:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:52 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
19:34 to 07:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:34 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:49 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 07:06 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 15:55
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 13:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 13:52
- Karana Shakuni until 15:55, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:52 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 07:06 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:04 – 13:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 15:00
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. 05:48 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:04 – 13:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:34 – 21:56
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:22 – 08:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:54 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:28 | Good |
| Rog | 13:28 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 18:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:03 – 19:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:34 – 21:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:03 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:26 – 05:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:55 – 07:23 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
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:48 – 07:11 Aquarius
- 07:11 – 09:37 Pisces
- 09:37 – 12:05 Aries
- 12:05 – 14:28 Taurus
- 14:28 – 16:30 Gemini
- 16:30 – 18:05 Cancer
- 18:05 – 19:23 Leo
- 19:23 – 20:38 Virgo
- 20:38 – 22:05 Libra
- 22:05 – 23:56 Scorpio
- 23:56 – 02:13 next day Sagittarius
- 02:13 – 04:40 next day Capricorn
- 04:40 – 07:07 next day Aquarius
- 07:07 – 07:23 next day Pisces
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