Auckland panchang, 23 September 2026
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 14:41 Bhadrapada month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+12:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:44
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:52 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:16 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:57 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 04:27 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 05:21 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:39 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 22:57
- Karana Bava until 16:52, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:57 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 04:27 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:44
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 15:39 – 06:09 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. 04:35 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:10 – 05:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:10 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:09 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
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 04:42 Cancer
- 04:42 – 06:00 Leo
- 06:00 – 07:15 Virgo
- 07:15 – 08:42 Libra
- 08:42 – 10:33 Scorpio
- 10:33 – 12:50 Sagittarius
- 12:50 – 15:17 Capricorn
- 15:17 – 17:44 Aquarius
- 17:44 – 20:10 Pisces
- 20:10 – 22:38 Aries
- 22:38 – 01:01 next day Taurus
- 01:01 – 03:03 next day Gemini
- 03:03 – 04:38 next day Cancer
- 04:38 – 05:56 next day Leo
- 05:56 – 06:09 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