Auckland panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 19:31 Moonrise 08:20 Chaitra month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:24 to 19:31- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:55 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:38
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:52
- Durmuhurta 13:52 – 14:40
- Yamaganda 16:30 – 18:00
- 08:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:35 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:22 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:31 to 07:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:31 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:50 – 06:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:45 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 11:35 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 08:47
- Karana Bava until 12:22, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:35 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:45 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:52 – 14:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:00
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. 05:49 – 06:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:03 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:31 – 21:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:24 – 12:22
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 11:35 – 07:25 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:35 – 07:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:24 – 08:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:55 – 10:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:26 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:28 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Char | 18:00 – 19:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:31 – 21:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:01 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:27 – 05:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:56 – 07:25 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
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:49 – 07:03 Aquarius
- 07:03 – 09:29 Pisces
- 09:29 – 11:57 Aries
- 11:57 – 14:20 Taurus
- 14:20 – 16:22 Gemini
- 16:22 – 17:57 Cancer
- 17:57 – 19:15 Leo
- 19:15 – 20:30 Virgo
- 20:30 – 21:57 Libra
- 21:57 – 23:48 Scorpio
- 23:48 – 02:05 next day Sagittarius
- 02:05 – 04:33 next day Capricorn
- 04:33 – 06:59 next day Aquarius
- 06:59 – 07:25 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