Auckland panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 07:23 Vaishakha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+12:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 17:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:49 – 08:12
- Durmuhurta 06:49 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 07:33 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam 09:34 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:05
- 10:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:50 to 06:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:26 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:41
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 16:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:15
- Karana Kimstughna until 10:18, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:26 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:49 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:33 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 10:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:05
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. 05:06 – 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 17:50 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:49 – 08:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:12 – 09:34 | Good |
| Rog | 09:34 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:57 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Char | 12:20 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:05 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:50 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:27 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:20 – 01:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:58 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:35 – 05:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:13 – 06:50 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
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMars
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:35 Pisces
- 06:35 – 09:03 Aries
- 09:03 – 11:26 Taurus
- 11:26 – 13:28 Gemini
- 13:28 – 15:03 Cancer
- 15:03 – 16:21 Leo
- 16:21 – 17:36 Virgo
- 17:36 – 19:03 Libra
- 19:03 – 20:54 Scorpio
- 20:54 – 23:11 Sagittarius
- 23:11 – 01:39 next day Capricorn
- 01:39 – 04:05 next day Aquarius
- 04:05 – 06:31 next day Pisces
- 06:31 – 06:50 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