Sydney panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 20:05 Moonrise 20:38 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
05:43 to 20:05- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:43 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:18 – 11:06
- Durmuhurta 10:30 – 11:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:42 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:15 – 17:13
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 12:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:21 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
20:05 to 05:43 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:05 – 22:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 12:28
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 10:23 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 18:21
- Karana Bava until 12:28, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 12:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:21 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 22:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:43 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:18 – 11:06
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:30 – 11:28
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:15 – 17:13
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 05:43 – 10:23
- Kana Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 10:23 – 05:43 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. 04:26 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:25 – 13:23
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 20:05 – 22:01
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:43 – 12:28
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:43 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:18 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:18 – 11:06 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:06 – 12:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:54 – 14:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:42 – 16:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:30 – 18:17 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 18:17 – 20:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:05 – 21:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:17 – 22:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:30 – 23:42 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 00:54 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 00:54 – 02:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:07 – 03:19 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 03:19 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 05:43 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
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:13 Scorpio
- 05:13 – 07:29 Sagittarius
- 07:29 – 09:54 Capricorn
- 09:54 – 12:17 Aquarius
- 12:17 – 14:39 Pisces
- 14:39 – 17:04 Aries
- 17:04 – 19:25 Taurus
- 19:25 – 21:28 Gemini
- 21:28 – 23:06 Cancer
- 23:06 – 00:27 next day Leo
- 00:27 – 01:46 next day Virgo
- 01:46 – 03:16 next day Libra
- 03:16 – 05:09 next day Scorpio
- 05:09 – 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