Sydney panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 12:43 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
05:40 to 20:01- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:40 – 07:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:15 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta 10:27 – 11:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:38 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:12 – 17:09
- 14:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
20:01 to 05:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:01 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 04:56 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 21:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:51
- Karana Vishti until 16:42, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:16 – 14:43
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:40 – 07:27
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:15 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:27 – 11:24
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:38 – 16:26
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:43 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:12 – 17:09
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:51 – 17:49 next day
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. 04:23 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:19
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 20:01 – 21:57
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:40 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:27 – 09:15 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:15 – 11:03 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:03 – 12:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:51 – 14:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:38 – 16:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:26 – 18:14 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 18:14 – 20:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:01 – 21:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:14 – 22:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:26 – 23:38 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:38 – 00:51 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 00:51 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:03 – 03:15 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 03:15 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:28 – 05:40 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
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:41 Scorpio
- 05:41 – 07:57 Sagittarius
- 07:57 – 10:21 Capricorn
- 10:21 – 12:45 Aquarius
- 12:45 – 15:07 Pisces
- 15:07 – 17:31 Aries
- 17:31 – 19:53 Taurus
- 19:53 – 21:55 Gemini
- 21:55 – 23:33 Cancer
- 23:33 – 00:55 next day Leo
- 00:55 – 02:14 next day Virgo
- 02:14 – 03:44 next day Libra
- 03:44 – 05:37 next day Scorpio
- 05:37 – 05:40 next day Sagittarius
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