Auckland panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 11:15 Shravana month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+12:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:58 to 17:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:20 – 09:41
- Durmuhurta 09:08 – 09:52
- Rahu Kalam 11:03 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:07 – 16:28
- 10:55 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 16:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:50 to 06:57 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 06:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:06 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 06:06 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 18:23 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 10:55
- Karana Balava until 16:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:55 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 16:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 06:06 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:06 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:08 – 09:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:55 – 11:48 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:28
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 18:23 – 06:57 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. 05:13 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:23 – 06:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:58 – 08:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:20 – 09:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:41 – 11:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:03 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:24 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 17:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:50 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:28 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:07 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:23 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:02 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:40 – 05:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:18 – 06:57 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
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:17 Gemini
- 05:17 – 06:51 Cancer
- 06:51 – 08:09 Leo
- 08:09 – 09:25 Virgo
- 09:25 – 10:52 Libra
- 10:52 – 12:43 Scorpio
- 12:43 – 14:59 Sagittarius
- 14:59 – 17:27 Capricorn
- 17:27 – 19:54 Aquarius
- 19:54 – 22:20 Pisces
- 22:20 – 00:48 next day Aries
- 00:48 – 03:11 next day Taurus
- 03:11 – 05:13 next day Gemini
- 05:13 – 06:47 next day Cancer
- 06:47 – 06:57 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