Melbourne panchang, 16 September 2024
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 15:54 Bhadrapada month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 18:10- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:48 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 10:46 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:48
- 09:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:10 to 06:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:40 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 06:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 19:40
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 21:03 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 16:11
- Karana Kaulava until 09:15, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 19:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:40 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 06:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:48
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. 04:42 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:03 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:20 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:48 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 10:46 | Good |
| Rog | 10:46 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:15 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:41 – 18:10 | Good |
| Char | 18:10 – 19:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:41 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:12 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:45 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:47 – 06:18 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:08 Cancer
- 05:08 – 06:24 Leo
- 06:24 – 07:38 Virgo
- 07:38 – 09:04 Libra
- 09:04 – 10:54 Scorpio
- 10:54 – 13:11 Sagittarius
- 13:11 – 15:40 Capricorn
- 15:40 – 18:08 Aquarius
- 18:08 – 20:35 Pisces
- 20:35 – 23:04 Aries
- 23:04 – 01:28 next day Taurus
- 01:28 – 03:30 next day Gemini
- 03:30 – 05:04 next day Cancer
- 05:04 – 06:18 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