Auckland panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 09:33 Shravana month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+12:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:02 to 17:47- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:11 – 09:54
- Yamaganda 09:43 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:46
- Gulika Kalam 12:25 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:06 – 16:27
- 09:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 11:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:47 to 07:01 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:15 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 00:21 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 09:59
- Karana Kaulava until 11:50, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:59 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 11:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:11 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 11:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:27
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. 05:16 – 06:09
- 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 11:28 – 07:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:02 – 08:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:23 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Char | 09:43 – 11:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:04 – 12:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:25 – 13:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:45 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:06 – 16:27 | Good |
| Rog | 16:27 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:47 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:27 – 21:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:06 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:24 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:03 – 03:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:42 – 05:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:21 – 07:01 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
- 07:02 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:02 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 05:28 Gemini
- 05:28 – 07:03 Cancer
- 07:03 – 08:21 Leo
- 08:21 – 09:37 Virgo
- 09:37 – 11:03 Libra
- 11:03 – 12:54 Scorpio
- 12:54 – 15:11 Sagittarius
- 15:11 – 17:39 Capricorn
- 17:39 – 20:06 Aquarius
- 20:06 – 22:31 Pisces
- 22:31 – 00:59 next day Aries
- 00:59 – 03:23 next day Taurus
- 03:23 – 05:24 next day Gemini
- 05:24 – 06:59 next day Cancer
- 06:59 – 07:01 next day Leo
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