Auckland panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 20:39 Moonrise 21:10 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:00 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam 09:40 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta 10:53 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:10 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:45 – 17:43
- 12:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
20:39 to 06:01 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:39 – 22:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 14:28
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 12:23 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 20:21
- Karana Bava until 14:28, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:40 – 11:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:53 – 11:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:45 – 17:43
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:00 – 12:23
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:23 – 06:01 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. 04:45 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 – 22:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:00 – 14:28
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:00 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:50 – 09:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:40 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Char | 11:30 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 15:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:10 – 16:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:59 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:49 – 20:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:39 – 21:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:49 – 23:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:00 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:20 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:30 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:40 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:51 – 06:01 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
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:31 Scorpio
- 05:31 – 07:48 Sagittarius
- 07:48 – 10:16 Capricorn
- 10:16 – 12:42 Aquarius
- 12:42 – 15:08 Pisces
- 15:08 – 17:36 Aries
- 17:36 – 19:59 Taurus
- 19:59 – 22:01 Gemini
- 22:01 – 23:36 Cancer
- 23:36 – 00:54 next day Leo
- 00:54 – 02:09 next day Virgo
- 02:09 – 03:36 next day Libra
- 03:36 – 05:27 next day Scorpio
- 05:27 – 06:01 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