Auckland panchang, 18 November 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 20:10 Moonrise 13:15 Kartika month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 20:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam 11:20 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:06 – 14:52
- 12:04 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:35 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
20:10 to 06:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:10 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 13:35
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:04 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 15:35
- Karana Bava until 13:35, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:04 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:35 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:35 – 19:11
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:02 – 12:04
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 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:10 – 22:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:04 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:02 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:34 – 11:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:20 – 13:06 | Good |
| Rog | 13:06 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Char | 16:38 – 18:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:24 – 20:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:10 – 21:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 23:51 | Good |
| Char | 23:51 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:19 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 06:01 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
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:02 Libra
- 06:02 – 07:53 Scorpio
- 07:53 – 10:09 Sagittarius
- 10:09 – 12:37 Capricorn
- 12:37 – 15:04 Aquarius
- 15:04 – 17:30 Pisces
- 17:30 – 19:58 Aries
- 19:58 – 22:21 Taurus
- 22:21 – 00:23 next day Gemini
- 00:23 – 01:58 next day Cancer
- 01:58 – 03:16 next day Leo
- 03:16 – 04:31 next day Virgo
- 04:31 – 05:58 next day Libra
- 05:58 – 06:01 next day Scorpio
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