Panchang for 17 December 2026, Sydney

The day at a glance

Vara (weekday)

Guruvara (Jupiter)

Sunrise

05:38

Sunset

20:03

Next sunrise

05:39 (next day)

Moonrise and moonset

Moonrise 12:42 · Moonset 00:56 (next day)

Tithi at sunrise

Shukla Ashtami

Nakshatra at sunrise

Purva Bhadrapada, pada 2 (lord Jupiter)

Yoga at sunrise

Siddhi

Karana at sunrise

Vishti

Moon sign at sunrise

Kumbha (Aquarius)

Sun sign at sunrise

Dhanu (Sagittarius)

Rahu Kaal

14:39–16:27 Worst

Choghadiya

Good by daylight

1. 05:38–07:27 Shubh good Better
2. 12:51–14:39 Labh good Good
3. 14:39–16:27 Amrit good Best
4. 18:15–20:03 Shubh good Better

All 16 choghadiyas

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

Day: sunrise 05:38 to sunset 20:03

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
05:38–07:27	Shubh good	Better
07:27–09:15	Rog inauspicious	Bad
09:15–11:03	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
11:03–12:51	Chal neutral	Neutral
12:51–14:39	Labh good	Good
14:39–16:27	Amrit good	Best
16:27–18:15	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
18:15–20:03	Shubh good	Better

Night: sunset 20:03 to next sunrise 05:39

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
20:03–21:15	Amrit good	Best
21:15–22:27	Chal neutral	Neutral
22:27–23:39	Rog inauspicious	Bad
23:39–00:51	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
00:51–02:03	Labh good	Good
02:03–03:15	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
03:15–04:27	Shubh good	Better
04:27–05:39	Amrit good	Best

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

05:38–07:27 · 09:15–11:03

Abhijit muhurta

12:22–13:19

Published day page · calculated · Panchanga tradition

How this day differs

• Sunrise 05:38 (yesterday 05:38), sunset 20:03 (yesterday 20:02), daylight 14 h 24 min (yesterday 14 h 24 min).
• Between this sunrise and the next: moonrise 12:42, yesterday 11:44; moonset 00:56 (next day), yesterday 00:30 (next day).
• At 05:38 the tithi is Shukla Ashtami; at yesterday’s sunrise (05:38) it was Shukla Saptami.
• At 05:38 the Moon is in Purva Bhadrapada (Shatabhisha at 05:38 yesterday), in Kumbha (Aquarius); the yoga is Siddhi (yesterday Vajra).
• Rahu Kaal moves from 12:50–14:38 on Wednesday (daylight part 5 of 8) to 14:39–16:27 on Thursday (part 6).

Sydney lies at 33.87° S, 151.21° E; local solar noon is at 12:51, 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 Thursday, Guruvara (Jupiter) in the tradition, from sunrise at 05:38 to the next sunrise at 05:39 (next day); the night lasts 9 h 36 min.
• Shukla Ashtami gives way to Shukla Navami at 04:57 (next day), 23 h 18 min after this sunrise.
• The 1 h 48 min day choghadiyas begin with Shubh and the 1 h 12 min night choghadiyas with Amrit, as on every Thursday.
• Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana change 5 times in all between this sunrise and the next.

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.