Auckland panchang, 16 April 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 04:58 Chaitra month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+12:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 17:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:48 – 08:11
- Gulika Kalam 09:34 – 10:57
- Durmuhurta 10:29 – 11:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:40
- 15:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:07 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:53 to 06:48 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:29 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 02:41 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 02:41 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 20:29 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 17:07
- Karana Vishti until 15:56, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:07 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:29 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 02:41 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:01 – 15:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 10:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:29 – 11:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:07 – 13:51 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. 05:04 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:29 – 06:48 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:41 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:48 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:11 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:34 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Char | 10:57 – 12:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:20 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:29 – 17:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:53 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:30 – 21:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:07 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:44 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:21 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:57 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:34 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:11 – 06:48 next day | Good |
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
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:43 Pisces
- 06:43 – 09:11 Aries
- 09:11 – 11:34 Taurus
- 11:34 – 13:36 Gemini
- 13:36 – 15:11 Cancer
- 15:11 – 16:29 Leo
- 16:29 – 17:44 Virgo
- 17:44 – 19:11 Libra
- 19:11 – 21:02 Scorpio
- 21:02 – 23:19 Sagittarius
- 23:19 – 01:46 next day Capricorn
- 01:46 – 04:13 next day Aquarius
- 04:13 – 06:39 next day Pisces
- 06:39 – 06:48 next day Aries
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