Sydney panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 20:02 Moonrise 13:44 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 20:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam 11:03 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:20
- Durmuhurta 13:20 – 14:17
- Yamaganda 16:27 – 18:14
- 16:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:49 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
20:02 to 05:41 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:02 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 04:44 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 21:40 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 17:49
- Karana Balava until 16:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:49 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 13:20 – 14:17
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:27 – 18:14
- Visha yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 04:44 – 05:41 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 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:20
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 20:02 – 21:58
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Narada, quoted in Muhurta Chintamani 1.21's commentary, p. 20 21:40 – 04:44 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:40 – 05:41 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 21:40 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:40 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 09:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:16 – 11:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:03 – 12:51 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:51 – 14:39 | Good |
| Rog | 14:39 – 16:27 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 18:14 | Avoid |
| Char | 18:14 – 20:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:02 – 21:14 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:27 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:27 – 23:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:39 – 00:51 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:51 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:04 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:28 – 05:41 next day | Avoid |
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 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:37 Scorpio
- 05:37 – 07:53 Sagittarius
- 07:53 – 10:18 Capricorn
- 10:18 – 12:41 Aquarius
- 12:41 – 15:03 Pisces
- 15:03 – 17:28 Aries
- 17:28 – 19:49 Taurus
- 19:49 – 21:52 Gemini
- 21:52 – 23:29 Cancer
- 23:29 – 00:51 next day Leo
- 00:51 – 02:10 next day Virgo
- 02:10 – 03:40 next day Libra
- 03:40 – 05:33 next day Scorpio
- 05:33 – 05:41 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