Auckland’s planetary day starts about an hour and a half before Sydney’s, and its hours stretch from 48 to 74 minutes
Auckland lies at 174.8° east, about 24° of longitude east of Sydney, so the Sun rises there roughly an hour and a half earlier in absolute time on most days. Each planetary day, and each Hour of Jupiter or Venus within it, reaches Auckland first and Sydney second.
New Zealand keeps NZST (UTC+12) in winter and NZDT (UTC+13) from the last Sunday in September to the first Sunday in April. The latest sunrise of the year is about 07:35 in early April, just before the clocks go back, and the earliest is about 05:54 in early December. Sunset runs from 17:10 in early June to 20:43 on New Year’s Day.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day hour | Night hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 March | 07:22 | 19:34 | 61 min | 59 min |
| 21 June | 07:33 | 17:11 | 48 min | 72 min |
| 23 September | 06:10 | 18:17 | 61 min | 59 min |
| 21 December | 05:57 | 20:39 | 73 min | 47 min |
Times are local clock times from this calculator, with daylight saving applied where Auckland uses it. Each planetary hour is one twelfth of the daylight or one twelfth of the night, so these two lengths set every hour of the day.
Born in Auckland? Enter your birth date and time to see your hour
Leave the city on Auckland, set your birth date and type your birth time into the time field. The panel names your hour and the dial turns to the planetary day you were born in. New Zealand’s daylight saving rules have changed several times since the 1970s, and the calculator applies the rules that were in force on your birth date. A birth before sunrise belongs to the night of the previous day, and the panel tells you when that applies.