Sydney panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 07:53 Margashirsha month
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · -33.87°, 151.21° · Australia/Sydney (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 19:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:38 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 05:38 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam 09:13 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 14:36 – 16:23
- 06:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:21 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:47 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:58 to 05:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:58 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 19:36
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:34 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 16:47
- Karana Taitila until 06:14, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:21 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:47 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 19:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:38 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 05:38 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:13 – 11:01
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:36 – 16:23
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 19:31 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 18:22 – 20:40
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:21 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:20 – 13:17
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 19:58 – 21:54
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 08:34 – 05:39 next day
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:36 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:38 – 07:26 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:26 – 09:13 | Good |
| Rog | 09:13 – 11:01 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:01 – 12:48 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:48 – 14:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:36 – 16:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:23 – 18:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:11 – 19:58 | Avoid |
| Labh | 19:58 – 21:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:11 – 22:23 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 22:23 – 23:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:36 – 00:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:48 – 02:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:01 – 03:13 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 03:13 – 04:26 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:26 – 05:39 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 06:00 Scorpio
- 06:00 – 08:16 Sagittarius
- 08:16 – 10:41 Capricorn
- 10:41 – 13:04 Aquarius
- 13:04 – 15:26 Pisces
- 15:26 – 17:51 Aries
- 17:51 – 20:12 Taurus
- 20:12 – 22:15 Gemini
- 22:15 – 23:53 Cancer
- 23:53 – 01:14 next day Leo
- 01:14 – 02:34 next day Virgo
- 02:34 – 04:04 next day Libra
- 04:04 – 05:39 next day Scorpio
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