Sydney panchang, 18 December 2023
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 10:55 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 20:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:28 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 11:03 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta 13:20 – 14:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:39 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:12 – 17:10
- 06:05 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 08:24 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 09:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:02 to 05:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:02 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:01 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 20:44
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 08:24 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 06:05
- Karana Kaulava until 09:52, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:05 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 08:24 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 09:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:01 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:05 – 07:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:20 – 14:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:12 – 17:10
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. 04:23 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:02 – 21:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:24 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:40 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:28 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 11:03 | Good |
| Rog | 11:03 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:51 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Char | 14:39 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 18:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:14 – 20:02 | Good |
| Char | 20:02 – 21:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:27 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:39 – 00:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:51 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:03 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:28 – 05:40 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:38 Scorpio
- 05:38 – 07:54 Sagittarius
- 07:54 – 10:18 Capricorn
- 10:18 – 12:41 Aquarius
- 12:41 – 15:04 Pisces
- 15:04 – 17:28 Aries
- 17:28 – 19:50 Taurus
- 19:50 – 21:52 Gemini
- 21:52 – 23:30 Cancer
- 23:30 – 00:52 next day Leo
- 00:52 – 02:11 next day Virgo
- 02:11 – 03:41 next day Libra
- 03:41 – 05:34 next day Scorpio
- 05:34 – 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