👶 Auckland, Auckland
Grandparents in India will ask for the baby's Nakshatra straight away. Get it right for a birth in Auckland, with the starting syllables and name ideas, in English or Hindi.
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The Moon moves through one Nakshatra in about a day, and through one pada in about six hours, so the birth time matters. Enter the time on the birth record exactly as written; in Auckland that is New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13), 7 h 30 min ahead of India. Below you can see the Nakshatra in Auckland right now and its syllables.
At sunrise today in Auckland the Moon is in Mrigashira, pada 3. Names for a baby born in this Nakshatra traditionally start with: Ve, Vo, Ka, Ki (one syllable for each of the four padas).
| Day (Vara) | Shanivar (Saturday) |
|---|---|
| Tithi at sunrise | Krishna Panchami until Sat 31 Oct, 2:55 AM |
| Nakshatra | Mrigashira (pada 3) until Fri 30 Oct, 4:34 PM |
| Sunrise / Sunset | 6:18 AM / 7:51 PM |
| Rahu Kaal (avoid) | 9:41 AM – 11:22 AM |
| Abhijit Muhurat (good) | 12:37 PM – 1:31 PM |
All times are Auckland local time (New Zealand Daylight Time, UTC+13). Calculated from Auckland's own sunrise with the Lahiri ayanamsa.
Start and end times are in Auckland time. A vrat is usually kept on the day the Tithi is running at sunrise; your family or temple tradition may differ.
The length of the day decides the length of Rahu Kaal. In Auckland the shortest day has about 9 h 38 min of daylight and the longest about 14 h 41 min (today: 13 h 33 min), which gives a Rahu Kaal of 72 to 110 minutes.
Sunrise in Auckland today is 6:18 AM, 4 minutes later on the clock than in Hamilton (114 km away). Even nearby cities need their own Panchang.
On 30 October the sunrise Tithi in Auckland is Krishna Panchami; in Delhi it is Krishna Shashthi. This is why a vrat date from an Indian calendar can be a day off in Auckland.
Auckland is on New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13), 7 h 30 min ahead of India.
Auckland uses daylight saving time, so the gap to India changes during the year:
If you were born in Auckland, enter your birth time exactly as it is written on your birth certificate. That is the local clock time, already including summer time if it applied, and the birthplace tells the calculation which time zone to use.
Auckland has New Zealand's largest Indian community, in suburbs such as Sandringham, Papatoetoe and Mount Roskill. The Auckland Diwali Festival is one of the city's biggest cultural events, and the Bharatiya Mandir in Balmoral is a long-standing place of worship.
Yes. The Parent Blend tool suggests modern names that combine both parents' names.
No. Use the local time on the birth record and Auckland as the birthplace. Zodastro converts it to work out the correct Nakshatra.
At sunrise today in Auckland the Moon is in Mrigashira. It changes about once a day, and the page shows when it changes.
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