Sydney panchang, 17 December 2023
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 09:44 Margashirsha month
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · -33.87°, 151.21° · Australia/Sydney (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 20:01- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 12:50 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam 16:26 – 18:14
- Durmuhurta 18:06 – 19:04
- Rahu Kalam 18:14 – 20:01
- 09:16 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 10:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 12:16 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:01 to 05:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:01 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:03
- Nakshatra Shravana until 10:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 09:16
- Karana Bava until 12:16, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:16 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 10:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 12:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:50 – 14:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:26 – 18:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:06 – 19:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:14 – 20:01
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. 04:22 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:01 – 21:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 10:07
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:40 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:27 – 09:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:15 – 11:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:03 – 12:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:50 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:38 – 16:26 | Good |
| Rog | 16:26 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:14 – 20:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:01 – 21:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 23:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:38 – 00:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:51 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:03 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:15 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:28 – 05:40 next day | Good |
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
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowSun
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:42 Scorpio
- 05:42 – 07:57 Sagittarius
- 07:57 – 10:22 Capricorn
- 10:22 – 12:45 Aquarius
- 12:45 – 15:08 Pisces
- 15:08 – 17:32 Aries
- 17:32 – 19:54 Taurus
- 19:54 – 21:56 Gemini
- 21:56 – 23:34 Cancer
- 23:34 – 00:56 next day Leo
- 00:56 – 02:15 next day Virgo
- 02:15 – 03:45 next day Libra
- 03:45 – 05:38 next day Scorpio
- 05:38 – 05:40 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 AEDT (UTC+11) · Method