Sydney panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 16:58 Moonrise 10:28 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
06:44 to 16:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:51 – 13:08
- 10:42 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 15:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:37 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:58 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:58 – 19:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:40 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:09 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 15:37
- Nakshatra Ardra until 10:42 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 18:40
- Karana Vishti until 15:37, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:42 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 15:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:40 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:09 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:08
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:40 – 21:04
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. 04:54 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:58 – 19:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:44 – 10:42
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:24 | Bad |
| Char | 14:24 – 15:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:41 – 16:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:58 – 18:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:41 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 22:08 | Good |
| Char | 22:08 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:18 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:45 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
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:25 Aries
- 06:25 – 08:46 Taurus
- 08:46 – 10:49 Gemini
- 10:49 – 12:27 Cancer
- 12:27 – 13:48 Leo
- 13:48 – 15:07 Virgo
- 15:07 – 16:37 Libra
- 16:37 – 18:30 Scorpio
- 18:30 – 20:46 Sagittarius
- 20:46 – 23:11 Capricorn
- 23:11 – 01:34 next day Aquarius
- 01:34 – 03:56 next day Pisces
- 03:56 – 06:21 next day Aries
- 06:21 – 06:45 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