Auckland panchang, 5 August 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:37 Ashadha 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 17:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:09 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:27 – 13:44
- 15:57 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:37 to 07:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:59 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:12 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 03:12 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 03:48 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 23:59
- Karana Vishti until 15:57, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:59 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:12 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:27 – 13:44
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:59 – 02:23 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:17 – 03:48 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 19:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 18:54 – 20:53
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:48 – 07:15 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. 05:27 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:17 – 03:48 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:17 – 03:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:34 – 09:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:52 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:09 – 12:27 | Good |
| Rog | 12:27 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:37 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:26 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:09 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:33 – 07:15 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
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:59 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)
- 05:27 – 06:19 Gemini
- 06:19 – 07:54 Cancer
- 07:54 – 09:12 Leo
- 09:12 – 10:28 Virgo
- 10:28 – 11:54 Libra
- 11:54 – 13:45 Scorpio
- 13:45 – 16:02 Sagittarius
- 16:02 – 18:30 Capricorn
- 18:30 – 20:57 Aquarius
- 20:57 – 23:23 Pisces
- 23:23 – 01:51 next day Aries
- 01:51 – 04:14 next day Taurus
- 04:14 – 06:16 next day Gemini
- 06:16 – 07:15 next day Cancer
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