Sydney panchang, 20 December 2023
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 20:03 Moonrise 13:11 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
05:41 to 20:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 11:04 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:40
- 16:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:44 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:03 to 05:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:03 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 16:44
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 04:27 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:26
- Karana Bava until 16:44, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:07 – 21:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:40
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:27 – 05:41 next day
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. 04:24 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:23 – 13:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:03 – 21:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:27 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:41 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:04 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:40 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Char | 16:27 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:15 – 20:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:03 – 21:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:28 – 23:40 | Good |
| Char | 23:40 – 00:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:52 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:04 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 05:41 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:30 Scorpio
- 05:30 – 07:46 Sagittarius
- 07:46 – 10:11 Capricorn
- 10:11 – 12:34 Aquarius
- 12:34 – 14:56 Pisces
- 14:56 – 17:21 Aries
- 17:21 – 19:42 Taurus
- 19:42 – 21:45 Gemini
- 21:45 – 23:22 Cancer
- 23:22 – 00:44 next day Leo
- 00:44 – 02:03 next day Virgo
- 02:03 – 03:33 next day Libra
- 03:33 – 05:26 next day Scorpio
- 05:26 – 05:41 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