Auckland panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 06:08 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 17:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:11 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta 09:01 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam 10:57 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:26
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:28
- 13:20 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
17:51 to 06:49 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:32 Moon enters Aries
- 23:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:51
- Nakshatra Revati until 18:32 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 13:51
- Karana Chatushpada until 13:20, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:20 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:32 Moon enters Aries
- 23:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:01 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:51 – 15:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:28
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. 05:05 – 05:57
- 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 17:51 – 20:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:48 – 18:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:48 – 18:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:32 – 06:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:51 – 06:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:48 – 08:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:11 – 09:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:34 – 10:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:57 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:20 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 17:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:51 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:29 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:20 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:58 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 05:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:12 – 06:49 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
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:48 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:39 Pisces
- 06:39 – 09:07 Aries
- 09:07 – 11:30 Taurus
- 11:30 – 13:32 Gemini
- 13:32 – 15:07 Cancer
- 15:07 – 16:25 Leo
- 16:25 – 17:40 Virgo
- 17:40 – 19:07 Libra
- 19:07 – 20:58 Scorpio
- 20:58 – 23:15 Sagittarius
- 23:15 – 01:42 next day Capricorn
- 01:42 – 04:09 next day Aquarius
- 04:09 – 06:35 next day Pisces
- 06:35 – 06:49 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