Auckland panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 11:48 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 17:16- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 09:47 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta 10:37 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam 13:32 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:17
- 10:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:16 to 07:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:16 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 14:57
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 10:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 17:28
- Karana Balava until 14:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:47 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:37 – 11:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:17
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 05:11 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 04:13 – 06:10 next day
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 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 17:16 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:17 – 10:42
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:17 – 10:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:17 – 14:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 10:42 – 07:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:42 – 07:18 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:42 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:17 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:32 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:47 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Char | 11:02 – 12:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:17 – 13:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:32 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:02 – 17:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:16 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:02 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:17 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:02 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:48 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:33 – 07:18 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
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:53 Aries
- 06:53 – 09:17 Taurus
- 09:17 – 11:18 Gemini
- 11:18 – 12:53 Cancer
- 12:53 – 14:11 Leo
- 14:11 – 15:27 Virgo
- 15:27 – 16:53 Libra
- 16:53 – 18:44 Scorpio
- 18:44 – 21:01 Sagittarius
- 21:01 – 23:29 Capricorn
- 23:29 – 01:55 next day Aquarius
- 01:55 – 04:21 next day Pisces
- 04:21 – 06:49 next day Aries
- 06:49 – 07:18 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