Auckland panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 08:05 Bhadrapada month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+12:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:55 to 17:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:17 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:45
- 08:15 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 11:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:40 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:52 to 06:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 21:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 11:40
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 08:15 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 19:20
- Karana Gara until 11:40, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:15 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 11:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:40 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:20 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 21:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:45
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 03:29 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:33 – 04:25 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. 05:10 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:15 – 05:46 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:15 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:55 – 08:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:17 – 09:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:39 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 17:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:52 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:30 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:16 – 06:53 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
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:42 Cancer
- 06:42 – 08:00 Leo
- 08:00 – 09:15 Virgo
- 09:15 – 10:42 Libra
- 10:42 – 12:33 Scorpio
- 12:33 – 14:50 Sagittarius
- 14:50 – 17:17 Capricorn
- 17:17 – 19:44 Aquarius
- 19:44 – 22:10 Pisces
- 22:10 – 00:38 next day Aries
- 00:38 – 03:01 next day Taurus
- 03:01 – 05:03 next day Gemini
- 05:03 – 06:38 next day Cancer
- 06:38 – 06:53 next day Leo
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