Sydney panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 22:52 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 11:04 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:51 – 14:39
- 06:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 15:36 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:02 to 05:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:02 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 15:36
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:14 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 01:03 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:36, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 15:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:56 – 15:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:03 – 00:03 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. 04:23 – 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 – 13:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:02 – 21:58
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:04 – 12:51 | Good |
| Rog | 12:51 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:39 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Char | 16:27 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:15 – 20:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:02 – 21:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 00:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:52 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:04 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 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
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:35 Scorpio
- 05:35 – 07:51 Sagittarius
- 07:51 – 10:15 Capricorn
- 10:15 – 12:39 Aquarius
- 12:39 – 15:01 Pisces
- 15:01 – 17:25 Aries
- 17:25 – 19:47 Taurus
- 19:47 – 21:49 Gemini
- 21:49 – 23:27 Cancer
- 23:27 – 00:49 next day Leo
- 00:49 – 02:08 next day Virgo
- 02:08 – 03:38 next day Libra
- 03:38 – 05:31 next day Scorpio
- 05:31 – 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