Auckland panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 20:32 Moonrise 08:06 Margashirsha 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 20:32- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:56 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 05:56 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 06:54 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam 09:35 – 11:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:43
- Yamaganda 15:04 – 16:53
- 08:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:21 Moon enters Capricorn
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
20:32 to 05:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:32 – 22:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:36 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 21:36
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 10:34 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 18:47
- Karana Taitila until 08:14, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:21 Moon enters Capricorn
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:56 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:54 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 11:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:53
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:31 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 20:22 – 22:40
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 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:32 – 22:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:34 – 05:56 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:36 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:56 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:45 – 09:35 | Good |
| Rog | 09:35 – 11:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:24 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:53 – 18:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:43 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:32 – 21:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:43 – 22:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:53 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:14 – 02:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:25 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:35 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:46 – 05:56 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:18 Scorpio
- 06:18 – 08:35 Sagittarius
- 08:35 – 11:03 Capricorn
- 11:03 – 13:29 Aquarius
- 13:29 – 15:55 Pisces
- 15:55 – 18:23 Aries
- 18:23 – 20:47 Taurus
- 20:47 – 22:48 Gemini
- 22:48 – 00:23 next day Cancer
- 00:23 – 01:41 next day Leo
- 01:41 – 02:57 next day Virgo
- 02:57 – 04:23 next day Libra
- 04:23 – 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