Sydney panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 06:56 Vaishakha 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 17:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:20 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta 06:20 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta 07:05 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam 09:07 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:41
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 08:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:27 to 06:21 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 18:41
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 08:15
- Karana Kimstughna until 08:18, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Priti
- 08:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 18:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:20 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:05 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:41
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 – 05:29
- 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 17:27 – 20:02
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:20 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:44 – 09:07 | Good |
| Rog | 09:07 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:41 – 16:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:04 – 17:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:27 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:04 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:41 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:08 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:44 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 06:06 Pisces
- 06:06 – 08:31 Aries
- 08:31 – 10:52 Taurus
- 10:52 – 12:55 Gemini
- 12:55 – 14:32 Cancer
- 14:32 – 15:54 Leo
- 15:54 – 17:13 Virgo
- 17:13 – 18:43 Libra
- 18:43 – 20:36 Scorpio
- 20:36 – 22:52 Sagittarius
- 22:52 – 01:17 next day Capricorn
- 01:17 – 03:40 next day Aquarius
- 03:40 – 06:02 next day Pisces
- 06:02 – 06:21 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