Auckland panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 20:38 Moonrise 09:45 Pausha month
Auckland, New Zealand · -36.85°, 174.76° · Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 20:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 11:28 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta 12:49 – 13:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 15:08
- 08:51 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:57 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
20:38 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:38 – 22:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:58 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 15:15
- Nakshatra Shravana until 16:57 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 08:51
- Karana Vishti until 15:15, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:51 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:57 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:58 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:49 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 15:08
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 16:57 – 05:59 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. 04:44 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:49 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:38 – 22:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:59 – 16:57
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:28 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Char | 16:58 – 18:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:48 – 20:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:38 – 21:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:48 – 22:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:58 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:49 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:45 Scorpio
- 05:45 – 08:02 Sagittarius
- 08:02 – 10:29 Capricorn
- 10:29 – 12:56 Aquarius
- 12:56 – 15:22 Pisces
- 15:22 – 17:50 Aries
- 17:50 – 20:13 Taurus
- 20:13 – 22:15 Gemini
- 22:15 – 23:50 Cancer
- 23:50 – 01:08 next day Leo
- 01:08 – 02:23 next day Virgo
- 02:23 – 03:50 next day Libra
- 03:50 – 05:41 next day Scorpio
- 05:41 – 05:59 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