Sydney panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 20:04 Moonrise 17:07 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 20:04- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 11:05 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:24 – 13:21
- Durmuhurta 13:21 – 14:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:40 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta 16:14 – 17:11
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 12:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
20:04 to 05:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:04 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 23:06
- Nakshatra Bharani until 18:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 10:37
- Karana Bava until 12:30, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 12:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 13:21 – 14:19
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:14 – 17:11
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 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:24 – 13:21
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 20:04 – 21:59
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:41 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 09:17 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 11:05 | Good |
| Rog | 11:05 – 12:53 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:53 – 14:40 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:40 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 18:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:16 – 20:04 | Good |
| Char | 20:04 – 21:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:28 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:28 – 23:41 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:41 – 00:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:53 – 02:05 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:05 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 05:42 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMoon
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:25 Scorpio
- 05:25 – 07:41 Sagittarius
- 07:41 – 10:06 Capricorn
- 10:06 – 12:29 Aquarius
- 12:29 – 14:51 Pisces
- 14:51 – 17:16 Aries
- 17:16 – 19:37 Taurus
- 19:37 – 21:40 Gemini
- 21:40 – 23:17 Cancer
- 23:17 – 00:39 next day Leo
- 00:39 – 01:58 next day Virgo
- 01:58 – 03:28 next day Libra
- 03:28 – 05:21 next day Scorpio
- 05:21 – 05:42 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