Auckland panchang, 17 May 2028
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 00:05 Vaishakha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+12:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:32
- 08:31 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 11:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:57 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:19 to 07:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:06 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 11:57
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 08:31 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 23:06
- Karana Kaulava until 11:57, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:31 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 11:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:06 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:06 – 00:02 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:15 – 08:31
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. 05:23 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 20:06
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:30 – 09:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:46 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:19 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:02 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:31 – 07:15 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
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:07 Aries
- 07:07 – 09:30 Taurus
- 09:30 – 11:32 Gemini
- 11:32 – 13:07 Cancer
- 13:07 – 14:25 Leo
- 14:25 – 15:40 Virgo
- 15:40 – 17:07 Libra
- 17:07 – 18:58 Scorpio
- 18:58 – 21:15 Sagittarius
- 21:15 – 23:43 Capricorn
- 23:43 – 02:09 next day Aquarius
- 02:09 – 04:35 next day Pisces
- 04:35 – 07:03 next day Aries
- 07:03 – 07:15 next day Taurus
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