Panchang for 16 December 2026, Sydney

The day at a glance

Vara (weekday)

Budhavara (Mercury)

Sunrise

05:38

Sunset

20:02

Next sunrise

05:38 (next day)

Moonrise and moonset

Moonrise 11:44 · Moonset 00:30 (next day)

Tithi at sunrise

Shukla Saptami

Nakshatra at sunrise

Shatabhisha, pada 2 (lord Rahu)

Yoga at sunrise

Vajra

Karana at sunrise

Gara

Moon sign at sunrise

Kumbha (Aquarius)

Sun sign at sunrise

Vrishchika (Scorpio)

Rahu Kaal

12:50–14:38 Worst

Choghadiya

Good by daylight

1. 05:38–07:26 Labh good Good
2. 07:26–09:14 Amrit good Best
3. 11:02–12:50 Shubh good Better
4. 18:14–20:02 Labh good Good

All 16 choghadiyas

Wednesday order; night times after midnight fall on the next date.

Day: sunrise 05:38 to sunset 20:02

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
05:38–07:26	Labh good	Good
07:26–09:14	Amrit good	Best
09:14–11:02	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
11:02–12:50	Shubh good	Better
12:50–14:38	Rog inauspicious	Bad
14:38–16:26	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
16:26–18:14	Chal neutral	Neutral
18:14–20:02	Labh good	Good

Night: sunset 20:02 to next sunrise 05:38

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
20:02–21:14	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
21:14–22:26	Shubh good	Better
22:26–23:38	Amrit good	Best
23:38–00:50	Chal neutral	Neutral
00:50–02:02	Rog inauspicious	Bad
02:02–03:14	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
03:14–04:26	Labh good	Good
04:26–05:38	Udveg inauspicious	Bad

Timing quality, best to worst

• Best Amrit choghadiya · Jupiter hora
• Better Shubh choghadiya · Venus hora
• Good Labh choghadiya · Moon and Mercury horas
• Neutral Chal choghadiya · Sun hora
• Bad Udveg and Rog choghadiyas · Mars and Saturn horas
• Worst Kaal choghadiya · Rahu Kaal

Grades follow the panchanga tradition; they are not a forecast.

Yamaganda · Gulika

07:26–09:14 · 11:02–12:50

Abhijit muhurta

12:21–13:19 (Wednesday: many panchangas do not count it)

Published day page · calculated · Panchanga tradition

How this day differs

• Sunrise 05:38 (yesterday 05:38), sunset 20:02 (yesterday 20:01), daylight 14 h 24 min (yesterday 14 h 24 min).
• Between this sunrise and the next: moonrise 11:44, yesterday 10:47; moonset 00:30 (next day), yesterday 00:05 (next day).
• At 05:38 the tithi is Shukla Saptami; at yesterday’s sunrise (05:38) it was Shukla Shashthi.
• At 05:38 the Moon is in Shatabhisha (Dhanishta at 05:38 yesterday), in Kumbha (Aquarius); the yoga is Vajra (yesterday Harshana).
• Rahu Kaal moves from 16:26–18:13 on Tuesday (daylight part 7 of 8) to 12:50–14:38 on Wednesday (part 5).

Sydney lies at 33.87° S, 151.21° E; local solar noon is at 12:50, with 14 h 24 min of daylight against 11 h 22 min in Bengaluru. The limbs end at the same instants everywhere; this page gives Sydney’s local clock.

Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika, Abhijit and Brahma muhurta

Each daylight part is 1 h 48 min today; the weekday picks which part is Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda or Gulika, which panchangas avoid for new work, while Abhijit (58 min) and Brahma muhurta count as favourable by tradition. Some panchangas reckon Brahma muhurta with fixed 48-minute muhurtas.

Month, paksha and year

Paksha

Shukla paksha (waxing Moon)

Amanta month

Margashirsha

Purnimanta month

Margashirsha

Ritu (by amanta month)

Hemanta

Ayana (sidereal Sun)

Dakshinayana

Shaka Samvat

1948

Vikram Samvat (Chaitradi)

2083

Samvatsara

Parabhava

Amanta months run new Moon to new Moon (South and West India), purnimanta months full Moon to full Moon (North India).

When each limb changes

Times are local in Sydney (Australia/Sydney). The first of each is in effect at sunrise; each next one begins where the previous ends. “Next day” means after midnight, before the next sunrise.

About this day

• The day is Wednesday, Budhavara (Mercury) in the tradition, from sunrise at 05:38 to the next sunrise at 05:38 (next day); the night lasts 9 h 36 min.
• Shukla Saptami gives way to Shukla Ashtami at 04:16 (next day), 22 h 38 min after this sunrise.
• The 1 h 48 min day choghadiyas begin with Labh and the 1 h 12 min night choghadiyas with Udveg, as on every Wednesday.
• Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana change 5 times in all between this sunrise and the next.
• The Sun enters sidereal Dhanu (Sagittarius) at 15:45: Dhanu Sankranti, the start of a new solar month.

Around this day

• Sydney Panchang calendar for December 2026
• Today’s Panchang in Sydney · Choghadiya · Rahu Kaal
• The same date in Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune
• What a tithi is · nakshatra · yoga and karana · how Rahu Kaal is calculated

Method and limits

Calculated with the live Panchang’s model and checked against Drik Panchang on 28 city-and-date combinations (times within 2.3 minutes, moonrise and moonset within 6.4). Observance of fasts and festivals follows regional rules. Amrit Kaal, Varjyam and Durmuhurta are not calculated yet.