Melbourne panchang, 21 August 2024
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 19:38 Shravana month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:58 to 17:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:19 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam 11:02 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:44
- 07:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 11:20 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:48 to 06:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:30 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 05:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 21:37
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 07:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:30
- Karana Taitila until 11:20, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 11:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:30 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 05:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:44
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:12 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:58 – 21:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:58 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:19 – 09:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:40 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:02 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 17:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:48 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:27 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:56 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 05:16 Gemini
- 05:16 – 06:50 Cancer
- 06:50 – 08:07 Leo
- 08:07 – 09:21 Virgo
- 09:21 – 10:46 Libra
- 10:46 – 12:37 Scorpio
- 12:37 – 14:54 Sagittarius
- 14:54 – 17:22 Capricorn
- 17:22 – 19:50 Aquarius
- 19:50 – 22:18 Pisces
- 22:18 – 00:47 next day Aries
- 00:47 – 03:10 next day Taurus
- 03:10 – 05:12 next day Gemini
- 05:12 – 06:46 next day Cancer
- 06:46 – 06:56 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in AEST (UTC+10) · Method