Melbourne panchang, 2 October 2024
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 05:37 Bhadrapada month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:43
- 06:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 15:29 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:52 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:24 to 05:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:49 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 04:49 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 04:49 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 16:52 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 06:47
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:29, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 15:29 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:52 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 04:49 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 04:49 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:43
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. 04:22 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:52 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:55 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:27 – 05:53 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
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:21 Leo
- 05:21 – 06:36 Virgo
- 06:36 – 08:01 Libra
- 08:01 – 09:51 Scorpio
- 09:51 – 12:09 Sagittarius
- 12:09 – 14:37 Capricorn
- 14:37 – 17:05 Aquarius
- 17:05 – 19:32 Pisces
- 19:32 – 22:02 Aries
- 22:02 – 00:25 next day Taurus
- 00:25 – 02:27 next day Gemini
- 02:27 – 04:01 next day Cancer
- 04:01 – 05:18 next day Leo
- 05:18 – 05:53 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