Auckland panchang, 12 April 2028
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 19:31 Chaitra month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+12:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:45
- 07:20 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:06 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 15:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 15:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:42 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:57 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 15:06
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 13:06 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 15:42
- Karana Vishti until 15:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:20 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:06 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 15:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 15:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:42 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:27 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:42 – 13:42 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. 05:02 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:31
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 13:06 – 06:45 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:06 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:45 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:33 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 17:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:57 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:33 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:57 Pisces
- 06:57 – 09:25 Aries
- 09:25 – 11:48 Taurus
- 11:48 – 13:50 Gemini
- 13:50 – 15:24 Cancer
- 15:24 – 16:43 Leo
- 16:43 – 17:58 Virgo
- 17:58 – 19:25 Libra
- 19:25 – 21:16 Scorpio
- 21:16 – 23:32 Sagittarius
- 23:32 – 02:00 next day Capricorn
- 02:00 – 04:27 next day Aquarius
- 04:27 – 06:45 next day Pisces
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 NZST (UTC+12) · Method