Sunrise, brahma muhurta and the lunar day in Sydney

New South Wales, Australia · -33.87°, 151.21° · Australia/Sydney

Written and reviewed by The Kriya Yogi · Updated 21 September 2026

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Brahma muhurta

4:10 AM – 4:58 AM

Sunrise

5:46 AM

Sunset

5:52 PM

Daylight

12h 05m

Lunar day (tithi)

Ekadashi

Fortnight

Waxing (shukla)

Moon

Waxing gibbous · 77% lit

Nakshatra

Uttara Ashadha

Today is Ekadashi. These days carry observances in several Indian traditions — fasting on ekadashi is the most widespread — but they come from devotional and calendrical tradition rather than from the technical instruction of the yoga texts.

Sydney is in the southern hemisphere, so its seasons — and its earliest and latest sunrises — run opposite to the northern cities on this list.

The next ten days in Sydney

Times are local to Sydney and recalculated every time this page loads. The lunar day shown is the one in force at local sunrise.

Date	Brahma muhurta	Sunrise	Sunset	Daylight	Tithi	Moon	Nakshatra
Tue, Sep 22Ekadashi	4:10 AM – 4:58 AM	5:46 AM	5:52 PM	12h 05m	EkadashiWaxing (shukla)	77% · waxing gibbous	Uttara Ashadha
Wed, Sep 23	4:09 AM – 4:57 AM	5:45 AM	5:52 PM	12h 07m	DvadashiWaxing (shukla)	85% · waxing gibbous	Shravana
Thu, Sep 24	4:08 AM – 4:56 AM	5:44 AM	5:53 PM	12h 09m	TrayodashiWaxing (shukla)	91% · waxing gibbous	Dhanishtha
Fri, Sep 25	4:06 AM – 4:54 AM	5:42 AM	5:54 PM	12h 11m	ChaturdashiWaxing (shukla)	96% · waxing gibbous	Shatabhisha
Sat, Sep 26Purnima (full moon)	4:05 AM – 4:53 AM	5:41 AM	5:54 PM	12h 13m	PurnimaWaxing (shukla)	99% · full moon	Purva Bhadrapada
Sun, Sep 27	4:03 AM – 4:51 AM	5:39 AM	5:55 PM	12h 16m	PratipadaWaning (krishna)	100% · full moon	Uttara Bhadrapada
Mon, Sep 28	4:02 AM – 4:50 AM	5:38 AM	5:56 PM	12h 18m	DvitiyaWaning (krishna)	98% · waning gibbous	Revati
Tue, Sep 29	4:01 AM – 4:49 AM	5:37 AM	5:56 PM	12h 20m	TritiyaWaning (krishna)	94% · waning gibbous	Ashvini
Wed, Sep 30	3:59 AM – 4:47 AM	5:35 AM	5:57 PM	12h 22m	ChaturthiWaning (krishna)	88% · waning gibbous	Bharani
Thu, Oct 1	3:58 AM – 4:46 AM	5:34 AM	5:58 PM	12h 24m	PanchamiWaning (krishna)	80% · waning gibbous	Krittika

How far the window moves across the year here

At Sydney's latitude of -33.9°, the June solstice brings sunrise at roughly 7:01 AM with about 9h 54m of daylight, while the December solstice brings sunrise at roughly 5:41 AM with about 14h 24m. Both figures are computed for this location, not averaged from anywhere else. If the pre-dawn window is out of reach in one half of the year, the tradition's own priority applies: Patanjali's guidance (Yoga Sutras 1.14) is that practice takes hold through long, uninterrupted, earnest attention — consistency first, ideal hour second.

Practice timing in Sydney

+ What time is brahma muhurta in Sydney today?

Working back from a computed sunrise of 5:46 AM, the window runs from about 4:10 AM to 4:58 AM local time — 96 to 48 minutes before sunrise. It moves every day with the Sun, so check the table rather than fixing it in your head.

+ Which lunar day is it in Sydney today?

At local sunrise it is Ekadashi, in the waxing (shukla) fortnight, with the Moon about 77% illuminated in Uttara Ashadha. Tithis run between roughly 19 and 26 hours, so a single date can straddle two; the label here is the one in force at sunrise, which is the usual convention.

+ How much does sunrise move across the year in Sydney?

At this latitude, the June solstice sunrise falls around 7:01 AM with about 9h 54m of daylight, and the December solstice sunrise around 5:41 AM with about 14h 24m. That spread is exactly why a sunrise-anchored routine and a clock-anchored one diverge.

+ Are these times exact?

Sunrise and sunset are computed for a sea-level horizon and should be within a minute or two of an observatory table; hills, buildings and altitude shift what you actually see. Tithi and nakshatra use truncated lunar series, so near a boundary a full panchanga may label the day differently. Nothing here is intended for ritual muhurta determination.

Method

Sunrise, solar noon and sunset: the standard sunrise equation, using the −0.833° altitude convention for the apparent upper limb and refraction at a sea-level horizon.
Lunar day and nakshatra: solar and lunar ecliptic longitudes from truncated Meeus series (Jean Meeus, "Astronomical Algorithms"), with tithi as 12° steps of elongation and nakshatra as 13°20′ steps of sidereal longitude under a linear Lahiri-style ayanamsa approximation.
Brahma muhurta: the 48-minute muhurta ending one muhurta before sunrise. Conventions vary between teachers; this is the most common arithmetic definition.
Not for ritual muhurta determination — for that, use a panchanga computed within your own tradition.

Timing guidance on this page is traditional and practical, not medical. Nothing here is a religious ruling or a substitute for a panchanga from your own lineage.