Auckland panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 11:00 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+12:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 17:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:32 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam 11:02 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:32
- 12:42 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
17:17 to 07:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:17 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:40 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:09 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 17:37
- Nakshatra Ardra until 12:42 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 20:40
- Karana Vishti until 17:37, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:42 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 17:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:40 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:09 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:32
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:40 – 23:04
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. 05:25 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:17 – 20:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:17 – 12:42
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:32 – 09:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:47 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:02 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:02 – 17:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:17 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:02 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:02 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:47 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:32 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:57 Aries
- 06:57 – 09:20 Taurus
- 09:20 – 11:22 Gemini
- 11:22 – 12:57 Cancer
- 12:57 – 14:15 Leo
- 14:15 – 15:30 Virgo
- 15:30 – 16:57 Libra
- 16:57 – 18:48 Scorpio
- 18:48 – 21:05 Sagittarius
- 21:05 – 23:33 Capricorn
- 23:33 – 01:59 next day Aquarius
- 01:59 – 04:25 next day Pisces
- 04:25 – 06:53 next day Aries
- 06:53 – 07:17 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