Sydney panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 20:05 Moonrise 19:33 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
05:42 to 20:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:54 – 14:41
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:17 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:17 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:05 to 05:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:05 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 16:17
- Nakshatra Rohini until 13:26 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 22:45
- Karana Gara until 06:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:17 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:22
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:54 – 14:41
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. 04:25 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:25 – 13:22
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 20:05 – 22:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 13:26
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:42 – 13:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:26 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:42 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 11:06 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:54 | Good |
| Rog | 12:54 – 14:41 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:41 – 16:29 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:29 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:17 – 20:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:05 – 21:17 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:17 – 22:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:29 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 00:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:54 – 02:06 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 03:18 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:18 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 05:43 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
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:17 Scorpio
- 05:17 – 07:33 Sagittarius
- 07:33 – 09:58 Capricorn
- 09:58 – 12:21 Aquarius
- 12:21 – 14:43 Pisces
- 14:43 – 17:08 Aries
- 17:08 – 19:29 Taurus
- 19:29 – 21:32 Gemini
- 21:32 – 23:10 Cancer
- 23:10 – 00:31 next day Leo
- 00:31 – 01:50 next day Virgo
- 01:50 – 03:20 next day Libra
- 03:20 – 05:13 next day Scorpio
- 05:13 – 05:43 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