Sydney panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 16:59 Moonrise 08:17 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · -33.87°, 151.21° · Australia/Sydney (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 16:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:00 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 13:08 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:15 – 14:56
- 12:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
16:59 to 06:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:59 – 19:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 02:34 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:23
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 02:17 next day
- Karana Balava until 12:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 22:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 02:34 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:15 – 14:56
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. 04:53 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:59 – 19:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:43 – 16:02
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:02 – 06:44 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:02 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:43 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:00 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:51 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Char | 13:08 – 14:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:25 – 15:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:42 – 16:59 | Good |
| Char | 16:59 – 18:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:42 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:25 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:08 – 23:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:51 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:34 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:00 – 06:44 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:33 Aries
- 06:33 – 08:54 Taurus
- 08:54 – 10:57 Gemini
- 10:57 – 12:35 Cancer
- 12:35 – 13:56 Leo
- 13:56 – 15:15 Virgo
- 15:15 – 16:45 Libra
- 16:45 – 18:38 Scorpio
- 18:38 – 20:54 Sagittarius
- 20:54 – 23:19 Capricorn
- 23:19 – 01:42 next day Aquarius
- 01:42 – 04:04 next day Pisces
- 04:04 – 06:29 next day Aries
- 06:29 – 06:44 next day Taurus
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