Auckland panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 20:30 Moonrise 05:25 Kartika month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 20:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam 11:23 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 15:02
- 13:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:09 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
20:30 to 05:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:30 – 22:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:30 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 13:51
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 04:30 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 16:09
- Karana Naga until 13:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 13:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:09 Yoga becomes Shula
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:30 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 15:02
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:09 – 18:09
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. 04:40 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:30 – 22:23
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:34 – 11:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:23 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Char | 16:51 – 18:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:40 – 20:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:30 – 21:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:40 – 22:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:51 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:23 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 05:56 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:30 Scorpio
- 06:30 – 08:47 Sagittarius
- 08:47 – 11:15 Capricorn
- 11:15 – 13:41 Aquarius
- 13:41 – 16:07 Pisces
- 16:07 – 18:35 Aries
- 18:35 – 20:58 Taurus
- 20:58 – 23:00 Gemini
- 23:00 – 00:35 next day Cancer
- 00:35 – 01:53 next day Leo
- 01:53 – 03:08 next day Virgo
- 03:08 – 04:35 next day Libra
- 04:35 – 05:56 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