Auckland panchang, 17 May 2026

Sunday, 17 May 2026

Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 07:31 Vaishakha month

Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+12:00)

Sunrise to sunrise

  • Bad
  • Good
  • A limb changes

Day

07:14 to 17:19
  1. Udveg
  2. Char
  3. Labh
  4. Amrit
  5. Kaal
  6. Shubh
  7. Rog
  8. Udveg
  • Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:37
  • Yamaganda 12:17 – 13:32
  • Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:04
  • Durmuhurta 15:59 – 16:39
  • Rahu Kalam 16:04 – 17:19
  • 08:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
  • 08:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
  • 12:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda

Night

17:19 to 07:15 next day
  1. Shubh
  2. Amrit
  3. Char
  4. Rog
  5. Kaal
  6. Labh
  7. Udveg
  8. Shubh
  • Pradosha 17:19 – 20:06
  • Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
  • 18:06 Karana becomes Bava
  • 21:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
  • 04:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
  • 04:11 next day Karana becomes Balava

The five limbs

  • Tithi Amavasya until 08:01
  • Nakshatra Krittika until 21:02 · lord Sun
  • Yoga Shobhana until 12:45
  • Karana Naga until 08:01, then Kimstughna
  • Vara Sunday lord Sun
  • Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
  • 08:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
  • 08:01 Karana becomes Kimstughna
  • 12:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
  • 18:06 Karana becomes Bava
  • 21:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
  • 04:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
  • 04:11 next day Karana becomes Balava

Times to avoid

Good windows

Choghadiya

Day
Udveg 07:14 –⁠ 08:30 Bad
Char 08:30 –⁠ 09:45 Neutral
Labh 09:45 –⁠ 11:01 Good
Amrit 11:01 –⁠ 12:17 Good
Kaal 12:17 –⁠ 13:32 Bad
Shubh 13:32 –⁠ 14:48 Good
Rog 14:48 –⁠ 16:04 Bad
Udveg 16:04 –⁠ 17:19 Bad
Night
Shubh 17:19 –⁠ 19:04 Good
Amrit 19:04 –⁠ 20:48 Good
Char 20:48 –⁠ 22:33 Neutral
Rog 22:33 –⁠ 00:17 next day Bad
Kaal 00:17 –⁠ 02:02 next day Bad
Labh 02:02 –⁠ 03:46 next day Good
Udveg 03:46 –⁠ 05:30 next day Bad
Shubh 05:30 –⁠ 07:15 next day Good

Hora

Hora system

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

  1. 07:14 NowSun
  2. 08:05 NowVenus
  3. 08:55 NowMercury
  4. 09:45 NowMoon
  5. 10:36 NowSaturn
  6. 11:26 NowJupiter
  7. 12:17 NowMars
  8. 13:07 NowSun
  9. 13:58 NowVenus
  10. 14:48 NowMercury
  11. 15:38 NowMoon
  12. 16:29 NowSaturn
  1. 17:19 NowJupiter
  2. 18:29 NowMars
  3. 19:38 NowSun
  4. 20:48 NowVenus
  5. 21:58 NowMercury
  6. 23:07 NowMoon
  7. Next day
  8. 00:17 NowSaturn
  9. 01:27 NowJupiter
  10. 02:36 NowMars
  11. 03:46 NowSun
  12. 04:56 NowVenus
  13. 06:05 NowMercury
  1. 07:14 NowSun
  2. 08:14 NowVenus
  3. 09:14 NowMercury
  4. 10:14 NowMoon
  5. 11:14 NowSaturn
  6. 12:14 NowJupiter
  7. 13:14 NowMars
  8. 14:14 NowSun
  9. 15:14 NowVenus
  10. 16:14 NowMercury
  11. 17:14 NowMoon
  1. 18:14 NowSaturn
  2. 19:14 NowJupiter
  3. 20:14 NowMars
  4. 21:14 NowSun
  5. 22:14 NowVenus
  6. 23:14 NowMercury
  7. Next day
  8. 00:14 NowMoon
  9. 01:14 NowSaturn
  10. 02:14 NowJupiter
  11. 03:14 NowMars
  12. 04:14 NowSun
  13. 05:14 NowVenus
  14. 06:14 NowMercury

Rising sign (lagna)

  1. 05:23 –⁠ 07:09 Aries
  2. 07:09 –⁠ 09:32 Taurus
  3. 09:32 –⁠ 11:34 Gemini
  4. 11:34 –⁠ 13:09 Cancer
  5. 13:09 –⁠ 14:27 Leo
  6. 14:27 –⁠ 15:42 Virgo
  7. 15:42 –⁠ 17:09 Libra
  8. 17:09 –⁠ 19:00 Scorpio
  9. 19:00 –⁠ 21:17 Sagittarius
  10. 21:17 –⁠ 23:45 Capricorn
  11. 23:45 –⁠ 02:11 next day Aquarius
  12. 02:11 –⁠ 04:37 next day Pisces
  13. 04:37 –⁠ 07:05 next day Aries
  14. 07:05 –⁠ 07:15 next day Taurus

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