Auckland panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 09:58 Vaishakha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+12:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 17:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:13 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 10:57 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:36
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:47 to 06:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:58
- Nakshatra Krittika until 11:05 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 22:41
- Karana Gara until 13:58, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:36
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. 05:07 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:05 – 06:52 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:05 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:51 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:13 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:35 – 10:57 | Good |
| Rog | 10:57 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:19 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:03 – 16:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:25 – 17:47 | Good |
| Char | 17:47 – 19:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:25 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:20 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:58 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:36 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:14 – 06:52 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:27 Pisces
- 06:27 – 08:55 Aries
- 08:55 – 11:18 Taurus
- 11:18 – 13:20 Gemini
- 13:20 – 14:55 Cancer
- 14:55 – 16:13 Leo
- 16:13 – 17:28 Virgo
- 17:28 – 18:55 Libra
- 18:55 – 20:46 Scorpio
- 20:46 – 23:03 Sagittarius
- 23:03 – 01:31 next day Capricorn
- 01:31 – 03:57 next day Aquarius
- 03:57 – 06:23 next day Pisces
- 06:23 – 06:52 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