Melbourne panchang, 4 September 2024
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 07:11 Bhadrapada month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:44
- 07:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:25 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:00 to 06:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:32 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:17
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 07:40 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 00:32 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:17, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:25 Moon enters Virgo
- 00:32 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 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. 04:57 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:31
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:17 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:38 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:28 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:53 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:36 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
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:55 Cancer
- 05:55 – 07:12 Leo
- 07:12 – 08:26 Virgo
- 08:26 – 09:51 Libra
- 09:51 – 11:42 Scorpio
- 11:42 – 13:59 Sagittarius
- 13:59 – 16:27 Capricorn
- 16:27 – 18:55 Aquarius
- 18:55 – 21:22 Pisces
- 21:22 – 23:52 Aries
- 23:52 – 02:15 next day Taurus
- 02:15 – 04:17 next day Gemini
- 04:17 – 05:51 next day Cancer
- 05:51 – 06:36 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