Auckland panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 21:35 Chaitra month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+12:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 18:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:48
- 12:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:24 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:04 to 06:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:32 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 01:32 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 12:24 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 23:40
- Karana Gara until 12:18, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:24 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 23:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:32 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:48
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:40 – 12:04 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. 05:00 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:24 – 06:41 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:32 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 18:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:38 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:41 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
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 07:14 Pisces
- 07:14 – 09:42 Aries
- 09:42 – 12:06 Taurus
- 12:06 – 14:07 Gemini
- 14:07 – 15:42 Cancer
- 15:42 – 17:00 Leo
- 17:00 – 18:16 Virgo
- 18:16 – 19:42 Libra
- 19:42 – 21:33 Scorpio
- 21:33 – 23:50 Sagittarius
- 23:50 – 02:18 next day Capricorn
- 02:18 – 04:45 next day Aquarius
- 04:45 – 06:41 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 NZST (UTC+12) · Method