Auckland panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 19:38 Moonrise 11:25 Ashwin month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 19:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:32
- Yamaganda 13:06 – 14:44
- Gulika Kalam 16:22 – 18:00
- Durmuhurta 17:54 – 18:46
- Rahu Kalam 18:00 – 19:38
- 15:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 15:58 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:38 to 06:33 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:38 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:19 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:03 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 05:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 15:58
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 20:19 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 07:26 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:58, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 15:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 15:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:19 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:03 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 05:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:44
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:22 – 18:00
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 17:54 – 18:46
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 18:00 – 19:38
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:06 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:32
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 19:38 – 21:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:19 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:34 – 08:12 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:12 – 09:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:50 – 11:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:28 – 13:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:06 – 14:44 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:44 – 16:22 | Good |
| Rog | 16:22 – 18:00 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:38 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 19:38 – 21:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:44 – 01:05 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:05 – 02:27 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:49 – 05:11 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 05:11 – 06:33 next day | Good |
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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:49 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 05:21 Leo
- 05:21 – 06:37 Virgo
- 06:37 – 08:03 Libra
- 08:03 – 09:54 Scorpio
- 09:54 – 12:11 Sagittarius
- 12:11 – 14:39 Capricorn
- 14:39 – 17:06 Aquarius
- 17:06 – 19:32 Pisces
- 19:32 – 22:00 Aries
- 22:00 – 00:23 next day Taurus
- 00:23 – 02:25 next day Gemini
- 02:25 – 03:59 next day Cancer
- 03:59 – 05:17 next day Leo
- 05:17 – 06:33 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 NZDT (UTC+13) · Method