Auckland panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 20:36 Moonrise 13:05 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 20:36- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:57 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam 09:37 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta 10:50 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam 15:06 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:40
- 06:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 06:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 18:42 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:36 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:36 – 22:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 06:16
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 23:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 20:51
- Karana Vanija until 06:16, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 06:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 18:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:16 – 16:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:50 – 11:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:40
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:43 – 18:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:51 – 19:49 next day
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 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:47 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:36 – 22:28
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:57 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:47 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:37 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Char | 11:27 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:56 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:36 – 21:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:46 – 22:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:56 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:27 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:37 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:47 – 05:58 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
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:59 Scorpio
- 05:59 – 08:15 Sagittarius
- 08:15 – 10:43 Capricorn
- 10:43 – 13:10 Aquarius
- 13:10 – 15:36 Pisces
- 15:36 – 18:04 Aries
- 18:04 – 20:27 Taurus
- 20:27 – 22:29 Gemini
- 22:29 – 00:04 next day Cancer
- 00:04 – 01:22 next day Leo
- 01:22 – 02:37 next day Virgo
- 02:37 – 04:04 next day Libra
- 04:04 – 05:55 next day Scorpio
- 05:55 – 05:58 next day Sagittarius
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