Melbourne panchang, 18 September 2024
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 18:27 Bhadrapada month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:43
- 08:11 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 10:14 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:12 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:58 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 12:34
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 08:11
- Karana Bava until 12:34, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:11 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 10:14 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:34 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:58 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:15
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:11 – 10:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:43
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 02:08 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 01:13 – 03:03 next day
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. 04:40 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:12 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 06:15 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
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:00 Cancer
- 05:00 – 06:17 Leo
- 06:17 – 07:31 Virgo
- 07:31 – 08:56 Libra
- 08:56 – 10:46 Scorpio
- 10:46 – 13:04 Sagittarius
- 13:04 – 15:32 Capricorn
- 15:32 – 18:00 Aquarius
- 18:00 – 20:27 Pisces
- 20:27 – 22:57 Aries
- 22:57 – 01:20 next day Taurus
- 01:20 – 03:22 next day Gemini
- 03:22 – 04:56 next day Cancer
- 04:56 – 06:13 next day Leo
- 06:13 – 06:15 next day Virgo
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