Melbourne panchang, 28 August 2024
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 02:55 Shravana month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 17:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:11 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 10:58 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:44
- 08:11 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:52 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:54 to 06:47 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:41 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 05:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:50 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 05:50 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:23 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 23:41
- Karana Vanija until 17:52, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:11 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:23 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:41 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 05:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:50 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 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. 05:05 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:48 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:48 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:11 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:58 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 17:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:31 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:20 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:10 – 06:47 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
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:22 Cancer
- 06:22 – 07:39 Leo
- 07:39 – 08:53 Virgo
- 08:53 – 10:19 Libra
- 10:19 – 12:09 Scorpio
- 12:09 – 14:26 Sagittarius
- 14:26 – 16:55 Capricorn
- 16:55 – 19:23 Aquarius
- 19:23 – 21:50 Pisces
- 21:50 – 00:19 next day Aries
- 00:19 – 02:43 next day Taurus
- 02:43 – 04:44 next day Gemini
- 04:44 – 06:18 next day Cancer
- 06:18 – 06:47 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