Sydney panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 03:09 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 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 11:03 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:51 – 14:38
- 15:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 18:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:46 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
20:02 to 05:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:02 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:41 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 08:03 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 22:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 19:46
- Karana Gara until 18:46, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 18:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:46 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:41 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:38
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 20:02 – 21:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 22:41 – 05:40 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:41 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:03 – 12:51 | Good |
| Rog | 12:51 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:38 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Char | 16:26 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:14 – 20:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:02 – 21:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:26 – 23:39 | Good |
| Char | 23:39 – 00:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:51 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 05:40 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
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:27 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 – 05:40 Scorpio
- 05:40 – 07:56 Sagittarius
- 07:56 – 10:20 Capricorn
- 10:20 – 12:43 Aquarius
- 12:43 – 15:06 Pisces
- 15:06 – 17:30 Aries
- 17:30 – 19:52 Taurus
- 19:52 – 21:54 Gemini
- 21:54 – 23:32 Cancer
- 23:32 – 00:54 next day Leo
- 00:54 – 02:13 next day Virgo
- 02:13 – 03:43 next day Libra
- 03:43 – 05:36 next day Scorpio
- 05:36 – 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