Auckland panchang, 16 September 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 08:33 Bhadrapada month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+12:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 18:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:50 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:44
- 15:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:19 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
18:11 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 23:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 15:29
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 23:52 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 18:52
- Karana Balava until 15:29, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:19 Moon enters Scorpio
- 18:52 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 23:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:50 – 18:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:52 – 20:04
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. 04:43 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:36
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 23:52 – 06:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:52 – 06:19 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:52 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:21 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:50 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:11 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:19 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:09 Cancer
- 05:09 – 06:27 Leo
- 06:27 – 07:43 Virgo
- 07:43 – 09:09 Libra
- 09:09 – 11:00 Scorpio
- 11:00 – 13:17 Sagittarius
- 13:17 – 15:45 Capricorn
- 15:45 – 18:12 Aquarius
- 18:12 – 20:37 Pisces
- 20:37 – 23:05 Aries
- 23:05 – 01:29 next day Taurus
- 01:29 – 03:30 next day Gemini
- 03:30 – 05:05 next day Cancer
- 05:05 – 06:19 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