Auckland panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 09:06 Shravana month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+12:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:03 to 17:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:24 – 09:44
- Yamaganda 11:04 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:38
- 10:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 10:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 11:21 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:47 to 07:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:49 Moon enters Libra
- 23:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:30
- Nakshatra Hasta until 10:20 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 10:38
- Karana Bava until 11:21, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:20 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 10:38 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 11:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:49 Moon enters Libra
- 23:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:38
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 10:20 – 07:02 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:35 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 21:31 – 23:38
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. 05:17 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:20 – 14:28
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:03 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:24 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:44 – 11:04 | Good |
| Rog | 11:04 – 12:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:25 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:06 – 16:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:26 – 17:47 | Good |
| Char | 17:47 – 19:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:26 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:24 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:04 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:43 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:22 – 07:02 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
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 05:32 Gemini
- 05:32 – 07:07 Cancer
- 07:07 – 08:25 Leo
- 08:25 – 09:41 Virgo
- 09:41 – 11:07 Libra
- 11:07 – 12:58 Scorpio
- 12:58 – 15:15 Sagittarius
- 15:15 – 17:43 Capricorn
- 17:43 – 20:09 Aquarius
- 20:09 – 22:35 Pisces
- 22:35 – 01:03 next day Aries
- 01:03 – 03:27 next day Taurus
- 03:27 – 05:28 next day Gemini
- 05:28 – 07:02 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