Auckland panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 20:35 Moonrise 12:05 Margashirsha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 20:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 11:26 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 15:06
- 17:38 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:35 to 05:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:35 – 22:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 06:16 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:32 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 21:16
- Karana Gara until 17:38, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 17:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:16 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 15:06
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. 04:42 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:47 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:35 – 22:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:57 – 05:57 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:55 – 21:32
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:57 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 11:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:26 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Char | 16:55 – 18:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:45 – 20:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:35 – 21:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:45 – 22:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:55 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:16 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:26 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:37 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:03 Scorpio
- 06:03 – 08:19 Sagittarius
- 08:19 – 10:47 Capricorn
- 10:47 – 13:14 Aquarius
- 13:14 – 15:40 Pisces
- 15:40 – 18:08 Aries
- 18:08 – 20:31 Taurus
- 20:31 – 22:33 Gemini
- 22:33 – 00:07 next day Cancer
- 00:07 – 01:25 next day Leo
- 01:25 – 02:41 next day Virgo
- 02:41 – 04:08 next day Libra
- 04:08 – 05:57 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