Auckland panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 20:36 Moonrise 14:07 Margashirsha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 20:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:47 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:52
- Rahu Kalam 11:27 – 13:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:46
- Durmuhurta 13:46 – 14:45
- Yamaganda 16:56 – 18:46
- 06:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:49 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
20:36 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:36 – 22:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:40 Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:56
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 23:40 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 19:49
- Karana Bava until 06:56, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:49 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:40 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:46 – 14:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:56 – 18:46
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 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:48 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:36 – 22:28
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 23:40 – 05:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:40 – 05:58 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:40 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:47 – 09:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:37 – 11:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:27 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:56 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Char | 18:46 – 20:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:36 – 21:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:46 – 22:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:57 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:37 – 04:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:48 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:55 Scorpio
- 05:55 – 08:11 Sagittarius
- 08:11 – 10:39 Capricorn
- 10:39 – 13:06 Aquarius
- 13:06 – 15:32 Pisces
- 15:32 – 18:00 Aries
- 18:00 – 20:23 Taurus
- 20:23 – 22:25 Gemini
- 22:25 – 00:00 next day Cancer
- 00:00 – 01:18 next day Leo
- 01:18 – 02:33 next day Virgo
- 02:33 – 04:00 next day Libra
- 04:00 – 05:51 next day Scorpio
- 05:51 – 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