Auckland panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 08:49 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+12:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:30 – 09:46
- Yamaganda 11:01 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:32 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:18
- 08:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:18 to 07:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:18 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:17 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 04:34 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:23 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 18:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 08:29
- Karana Balava until 14:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:29 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:17 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 04:34 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:18
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. 05:24 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 20:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:15 – 18:02
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 18:02 – 07:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:02 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:30 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:46 – 11:01 | Good |
| Rog | 11:01 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:17 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Char | 13:32 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:18 | Good |
| Char | 17:18 – 19:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:03 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:32 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:17 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:02 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:46 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:31 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:05 Aries
- 07:05 – 09:28 Taurus
- 09:28 – 11:30 Gemini
- 11:30 – 13:05 Cancer
- 13:05 – 14:23 Leo
- 14:23 – 15:38 Virgo
- 15:38 – 17:05 Libra
- 17:05 – 18:56 Scorpio
- 18:56 – 21:13 Sagittarius
- 21:13 – 23:41 Capricorn
- 23:41 – 02:07 next day Aquarius
- 02:07 – 04:33 next day Pisces
- 04:33 – 07:01 next day Aries
- 07:01 – 07:16 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