Sydney panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 20:06 Moonrise 04:58 Pausha month
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · -33.87°, 151.21° · Australia/Sydney (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 20:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 13:05 – 14:50
- Gulika Kalam 16:36 – 18:21
- Durmuhurta 18:14 – 19:10
- Rahu Kalam 18:21 – 20:06
- 15:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:16 Karana becomes Naga
Night
20:06 to 06:04 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:06 – 22:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Moon enters Capricorn
- 02:41 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:51 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 15:44 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 02:41 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 18:16, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:16 Karana becomes Naga
- 22:11 Moon enters Capricorn
- 02:41 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 18:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:14 – 19:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:21 – 20:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:41 – 03:53 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. 04:44 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:06 – 22:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:44 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:03 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:48 – 09:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:34 – 11:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:19 – 13:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:05 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:50 – 16:36 | Good |
| Rog | 16:36 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 20:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:06 – 21:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:05 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:20 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:49 – 06:04 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
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:50 Sagittarius
- 05:50 – 08:15 Capricorn
- 08:15 – 10:38 Aquarius
- 10:38 – 13:00 Pisces
- 13:00 – 15:25 Aries
- 15:25 – 17:46 Taurus
- 17:46 – 19:49 Gemini
- 19:49 – 21:26 Cancer
- 21:26 – 22:48 Leo
- 22:48 – 00:07 next day Virgo
- 00:07 – 01:37 next day Libra
- 01:37 – 03:30 next day Scorpio
- 03:30 – 05:46 next day Sagittarius
- 05:46 – 06:04 next day Capricorn
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