Auckland panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 20:39 Moonrise 20:05 Margashirsha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 20:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:50 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam 11:29 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 15:09
- 08:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:26 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:17 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:17 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:39 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:39 – 22:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:45 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:56 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 04:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:17
- Nakshatra Rohini until 15:26 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 00:45 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:26 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:17 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:45 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:56 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 04:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:29 – 13:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 15:09
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. 04:45 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:39 – 22:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:00 – 15:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 15:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:26 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:50 – 09:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:40 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:29 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Char | 16:59 – 18:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:49 – 20:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:39 – 21:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:49 – 22:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:20 – 02:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:30 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:40 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:50 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:35 Scorpio
- 05:35 – 07:52 Sagittarius
- 07:52 – 10:20 Capricorn
- 10:20 – 12:46 Aquarius
- 12:46 – 15:12 Pisces
- 15:12 – 17:40 Aries
- 17:40 – 20:03 Taurus
- 20:03 – 22:05 Gemini
- 22:05 – 23:40 Cancer
- 23:40 – 00:58 next day Leo
- 00:58 – 02:13 next day Virgo
- 02:13 – 03:40 next day Libra
- 03:40 – 05:31 next day Scorpio
- 05:31 – 06:00 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