Sydney panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 05:44 Chaitra month
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · -33.87°, 151.21° · Australia/Sydney (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:29- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:43 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:41 – 16:05
- 11:20 Karana becomes Naga
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 16:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:32 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:29 to 06:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 21:51
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:32 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 11:51
- Karana Chatushpada until 11:20, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:20 Karana becomes Naga
- 11:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 16:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:32 Moon enters Aries
- 21:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:07 – 11:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:51 – 13:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:05
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. 04:37 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:03
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:20 – 16:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:20 – 16:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:32 – 06:20 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:51 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:20 – 07:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:43 – 09:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:07 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:18 | Good |
| Rog | 13:18 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:41 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Char | 16:05 – 17:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:29 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:05 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:42 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:07 – 04:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:44 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 06:10 Pisces
- 06:10 – 08:35 Aries
- 08:35 – 10:56 Taurus
- 10:56 – 12:59 Gemini
- 12:59 – 14:36 Cancer
- 14:36 – 15:58 Leo
- 15:58 – 17:17 Virgo
- 17:17 – 18:47 Libra
- 18:47 – 20:40 Scorpio
- 20:40 – 22:56 Sagittarius
- 22:56 – 01:21 next day Capricorn
- 01:21 – 03:44 next day Aquarius
- 03:44 – 06:06 next day Pisces
- 06:06 – 06:20 next day Aries
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 AEST (UTC+10) · Method