Sunrise and Sunset Today — Canberra
Canberra, ACT
Sunrise
The Hindu day and the vara begin here
2:36 am
Sunset
12:43 pm
Moonrise
6:46 am
Moonset
9:11 pm
Brahma Muhurat
The most auspicious window, before sunrise
12:45 am – 1:40 am
Why sunrise matters in Canberra
In the Hindu calendar the day begins at sunrise, not midnight — so the vara (weekday) changes at 2:36 am in Canberra, not at 12 am. A ritual performed before sunrise still belongs to the previous weekday.
Sunrise also anchors every timing on this site. Rahu Kaal, Yamagandam, Gulika Kaal, Choghadiya and Hora are all fractions of the interval between sunrise and sunset, so a few minutes’ error in sunrise shifts all of them. That is why these are computed from Canberra’s own latitude and longitude rather than a single reference city.
Today in Canberra the tithi is Navami and the nakshatra Swati.
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