The tithi on 17 June 2026 is Shukla Paksha Tritiya. A tithi is one lunar day — the time the Moon takes to move 12° further from the Sun — and it governs which observances, fasts and ceremonies suit the day. End times on this page are converted to Sandy Beach local time (Australia/Sydney).
The Moon is in Punarvasu nakshatra. The zodiac is divided into 27 nakshatras of 13°20′ each; the one the Moon occupies colours the day's character and matters for naming ceremonies, travel decisions and muhurat selection in Sandy Beach.
Today's yoga is Dhruva. Yoga is computed from the combined longitudes of the Sun and Moon and cycles through 27 names; some yogas are read as favourable for new undertakings while others counsel routine work.
On 17 June 2026 the sun rises in Sandy Beach at 6:42 AM and sets at 4:54 PM. Sunrise is the hinge of the whole panchang: the Hindu day begins at local sunrise, and Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika and the choghadiya sequence are all equal divisions of the daylight between these two moments.
Think of the panchang as the Hindu day's instruction sheet: five limbs — tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (the Moon's mansion), yoga, karana and vara — that tell you what each day favours. For Sandy Beach, New South Wales on 17 June 2026 the sheet reads Shukla Paksha Tritiya tithi with the Moon in Punarvasu nakshatra. Every window further down is computed for Sandy Beach's location (30.15°S, 153.19°E) rather than copied from a standard Indian-city table.
The reason a generic almanac misleads is geometry. Sandy Beach stands at 30.15°S, 153.19°E and runs on Australia/Sydney time, so the Sun crosses its horizon on a schedule unlike any Indian city's. On 17 June 2026 the sun rises over Sandy Beach at 6:42 AM and sets at 4:54 PM — figures no Indian city shares — and Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika, the eight choghadiya periods and Abhijit Muhurat are each cut from the interval between this local sunrise and sunset. Use IST figures in Sandy Beach and every window lands at the wrong moment — and over a wide enough longitude gap, the date's tithi itself can change.
Behind the timings on this page is a precise pipeline: Swiss Ephemeris longitudes for the Sun and Moon, adjusted by the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa adopted in India's Rashtriya Panchang. The rule is simple — a tithi closes when the Moon is 12° further along than the Sun, a nakshatra when the Moon enters the next 13°20′ span. Those moments hold worldwide, so we translate each into Australia/Sydney time and then compute Rahu Kalam, the choghadiya and the rest from Sandy Beach's actual sunrise and sunset. See our methodology page for the full working.
For the Hindu community in Sandy Beach and the wider New South Wales area, this page answers the practical questions: when to schedule a puja, griha pravesh, vehicle purchase, mundan or journey on Wednesday, 17 June 2026. Abhijit Muhurat (11:27 AM – 12:08 PM) is the day's most dependable auspicious window, while Rahu Kalam (11:48 AM – 1:04 PM) is best avoided for new beginnings. For longer ceremonies, pick a favourable choghadiya from the tables above — all in Sandy Beach local time, so what you read is what your clock shows.
A panchang is the Hindu almanac that describes each day through five limbs — tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (the Moon's constellation), yoga, karana and vara (weekday) — and from them derives the day's auspicious (muhurat) and inauspicious (Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda) periods. This page computes all of them for Sandy Beach, Australia.
The daylight between Sandy Beach's local sunrise and sunset is divided into eight equal parts, and one fixed part belongs to Rahu depending on the weekday (for example the 8th part on Sunday, the 2nd on Monday). Because Sandy Beach's sunrise and day length differ from India's, its Rahu Kalam falls at different clock times than in Indian cities.
Rahu Kalam in Sandy Beach on 17 June 2026 is from 11:48 AM – 1:04 PM New South Wales local time. It is computed from Sandy Beach's own sunrise and sunset — not India's — so it differs from Rahu Kalam in Indian cities.
The tithi is Shukla Paksha Tritiya, until 2:11 AM local time. Tithi end times are converted to Sandy Beach's timezone (Australia/Sydney).
All panchang timings depend on local sunrise and sunset. Sandy Beach (-30.15°, 153.19°) has different sun times than India, so Rahu Kalam, choghadiya and muhurat windows shift — and because of the time difference, even the tithi prevailing on your calendar date can differ from India's. This page is computed specifically for Sandy Beach.
Abhijit Muhurat, the most auspicious window of the day, is 11:27 AM – 12:08 PM local time in Sandy Beach.
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Computed with Swiss Ephemeris · Lahiri ayanamsa · times in Sandy Beach local time · city data © GeoNames (CC-BY)
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