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Panchang for Sydney — 16 December 2026

Shukla Saptami tithi, Shatabhisha nakshatra · Wednesday · NSW (-33.8688°, 151.2093°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Vrischika (Kartika)

A pañcāṅga is the day's five limbs — tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa. All five come from the real positions of the Sun and Moon and change through the day, so they are reckoned from Sydney (-33.8688°, 151.2093°)'s own sunrise — 05:38 AM here today rather than from a national average. Below are today's five with the time each ends, and then the day's auspicious and inauspicious windows.

What it means
TithiShukla Saptamiuntil 04:16 AMBhadra tithi (the 2nd, 7th and 12th of a pakṣa) — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayWednesdayTrade, learning, accounts, communication, short travel.
NakshatraShatabhisha · pada 2until 07:32 PMChara nakshatra — Travel, vehicles, gardens, changeable and movable works.
YogaVajrauntil 07:16 PMInauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works.
KaranaGarauntil 03:38 PMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:38 AM
Sunset08:03 PM
Moonrise11:49 AM
Moonset12:01 AM
Moon inAquarius
Sun inScorpio
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Sharad

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta04:02 AM – 04:50 AM
Amrit Kalam11:22 AM – 01:06 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam12:50 PM – 02:38 PM
Gulika Kalam11:02 AM – 12:50 PM
Yamaganda07:26 AM – 09:14 AM
Varjyam
Abhijit Muhurta12:21 PM – 01:19 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta09:28 AM – 10:26 AM

Day Choghadiya

Laabh05:38 AM – 07:26 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit07:26 AM – 09:14 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal09:14 AM – 11:02 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:02 AM – 12:50 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog12:50 PM – 02:38 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg02:38 PM – 04:26 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:26 PM – 06:14 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh06:14 PM – 08:03 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures

Night Choghadiya

Udveg08:03 PM – 09:14 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara09:14 PM – 10:26 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh10:26 PM – 11:38 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit11:38 PM – 12:50 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal12:50 AM – 02:02 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh02:02 AM – 03:14 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog03:14 AM – 04:26 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg04:26 AM – 05:38 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts

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Sources & citations

P Sun/Moon sidereal longitudes via Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph), Lahiri/Chitrapaksha ayanamsa
T1 Surya Siddhanta — tithi=Moon−Sun/12°, nakshatra=Moon/13°20′, yoga=(Sun+Moon)/13°20′, karana=half-tithi
T3 Rahu/Yamaganda/Gulika kalam — 8 equal day-octants by weekday (standard panchang convention)
T2 Prasna Marga — Visha (Varjyam) & Amrita ghati table per nakshatra
T2 Muhurta Chintamani — auspicious/inauspicious yogas, masa/ritu/ayana
T2 Abhijit = the midday muhurta — Jaimini Sutras, B. S. Rao 1955, commentator's note to Su.27: “The mid-day goes under the name of Abhijit and is considered as very auspicious for all work. It cuts away all evils. Abhijit sarva doshaghnam.” Day divided into 15 muhurtas of 2 ghati each, varying with daylength — Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra (Tara Chandra Shastri / Khemaraja edition)
T3 Durmuhurta — muhurta slots by weekday (standard panchang convention; no verse for it in our library, so it is not cited to one)
T3 Muhurta Chintamani — Choghadiya/Kalahora prakarana; weekday-rotated 7-cycle