Auckland panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 09:53 Bhadrapada month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+12:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 18:12- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:47 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:46 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:26
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:43
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:12 to 06:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:14 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:31
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:14 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 20:04
- Karana Gara until 06:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:14 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:43
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:18 – 05:14 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. 04:41 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:37
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:18 – 07:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:47 – 09:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:16 – 10:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:46 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:15 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:12 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:43 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:13 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:14 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:45 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:15 – 04:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:46 – 06:16 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
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:01 Cancer
- 05:01 – 06:19 Leo
- 06:19 – 07:35 Virgo
- 07:35 – 09:01 Libra
- 09:01 – 10:52 Scorpio
- 10:52 – 13:09 Sagittarius
- 13:09 – 15:37 Capricorn
- 15:37 – 18:04 Aquarius
- 18:04 – 20:30 Pisces
- 20:30 – 22:58 Aries
- 22:58 – 01:21 next day Taurus
- 01:21 – 03:23 next day Gemini
- 03:23 – 04:57 next day Cancer
- 04:57 – 06:15 next day Leo
- 06:15 – 06:16 next day Virgo
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