Sunrise and Sunset Today — Christchurch
Christchurch, Canterbury
Sunrise
The Hindu day and the vara begin here
1:23 am
Sunset
10:49 am
Moonrise
5:16 am
Moonset
7:56 pm
Brahma Muhurat
The most auspicious window, before sunrise
11:26 pm – 12:24 am
Why sunrise matters in Christchurch
In the Hindu calendar the day begins at sunrise, not midnight — so the vara (weekday) changes at 1:23 am in Christchurch, not at 12 am. A ritual performed before sunrise still belongs to the previous weekday.
Sunrise also anchors every timing on this site. Rahu Kaal, Yamagandam, Gulika Kaal, Choghadiya and Hora are all fractions of the interval between sunrise and sunset, so a few minutes’ error in sunrise shifts all of them. That is why these are computed from Christchurch’s own latitude and longitude rather than a single reference city.
Today in Christchurch the tithi is Navami and the nakshatra Swati.
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