Panchang for 18 December 2026, Sydney

The day at a glance

Vara (weekday)

Shukravara (Venus)

Sunrise

05:39

Sunset

20:03

Next sunrise

05:39 (next day)

Moonrise and moonset

Moonrise 13:43 · Moonset 01:23 (next day)

Tithi at sunrise

Shukla Navami

Nakshatra at sunrise

Uttara Bhadrapada, pada 2 (lord Saturn)

Yoga at sunrise

Vyatipata

Karana at sunrise

Balava

Moon sign at sunrise

Mina (Pisces)

Sun sign at sunrise

Dhanu (Sagittarius)

Rahu Kaal

11:03–12:51 Worst

Choghadiya

Good by daylight

1. 07:27–09:15 Labh good Good
2. 09:15–11:03 Amrit good Best
3. 12:51–14:39 Shubh good Better

All 16 choghadiyas

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

Day: sunrise 05:39 to sunset 20:03

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

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

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

16:27–18:15 · 07:27–09:15

Abhijit muhurta

12:22–13:20

Published day page · calculated · Panchanga tradition

How this day differs

• Sunrise 05:39 (yesterday 05:38), sunset 20:03 (yesterday 20:03), daylight 14 h 24 min (yesterday 14 h 24 min).
• Between this sunrise and the next: moonrise 13:43, yesterday 12:42; moonset 01:23 (next day), yesterday 00:56 (next day).
• At 05:39 the tithi is Shukla Navami; at yesterday’s sunrise (05:38) it was Shukla Ashtami.
• At 05:39 the Moon is in Uttara Bhadrapada (Purva Bhadrapada at 05:38 yesterday), having moved from Kumbha (Aquarius) into Mina (Pisces); the yoga is Vyatipata (yesterday Siddhi).
• Rahu Kaal moves from 14:39–16:27 on Thursday (daylight part 6 of 8) to 11:03–12:51 on Friday (part 4).

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 Friday, Shukravara (Venus) in the tradition, from sunrise at 05:39 to the next sunrise at 05:39 (next day); the night lasts 9 h 36 min.
• Shukla Navami gives way to Shukla Dashami at 04:45 (next day), 23 h 06 min after this sunrise.
• The 1 h 48 min day choghadiyas begin with Chal and the 1 h 12 min night choghadiyas with Rog, as on every Friday.
• 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.