Sydney panchang, 20 December 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 20:03 Moonrise 15:55 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
05:41 to 20:03- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 12:52 – 14:40
- Gulika Kalam 16:28 – 18:15
- Durmuhurta 18:08 – 19:06
- Rahu Kalam 18:15 – 20:03
- 13:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 14:48 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:03 to 05:41 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:03 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:45 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 01:45 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 20:25 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 13:40
- Karana Vanija until 14:48, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 14:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:25 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:45 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:40
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:28 – 18:15
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 18:08 – 19:06
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 18:15 – 20:03
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 20:25 – 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. 04:24 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:23 – 13:21
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 20:03 – 21:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:41 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:41 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:41 – 07:29 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 11:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:04 – 12:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:52 – 14:40 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:40 – 16:28 | Good |
| Rog | 16:28 – 18:15 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 20:03 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:03 – 21:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:28 | Good |
| Char | 22:28 – 23:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:40 – 00:52 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:52 – 02:05 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:05 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:17 – 04:29 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:29 – 05:41 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
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:29 Scorpio
- 05:29 – 07:45 Sagittarius
- 07:45 – 10:10 Capricorn
- 10:10 – 12:33 Aquarius
- 12:33 – 14:55 Pisces
- 14:55 – 17:20 Aries
- 17:20 – 19:41 Taurus
- 19:41 – 21:44 Gemini
- 21:44 – 23:21 Cancer
- 23:21 – 00:43 next day Leo
- 00:43 – 02:02 next day Virgo
- 02:02 – 03:32 next day Libra
- 03:32 – 05:25 next day Scorpio
- 05:25 – 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