Melbourne panchang, 9 October 2024
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 19:30 Moonrise 10:05 Ashwin month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 19:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:20 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam 11:31 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:07 – 14:43
- 09:38 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:38 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:44 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:30 to 06:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:30 – 21:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:58 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:44
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 09:38 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Saubhagya until 12:06
- Karana Taitila until 17:44, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:38 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 09:38 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:58 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:31 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:43
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. 05:14 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:30 – 21:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:44 – 09:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:44 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:20 – 09:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:56 – 11:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:31 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:43 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 17:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:54 – 19:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:30 – 20:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:54 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:06 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:31 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:19 – 06:43 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
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:47 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:54 Leo
- 05:54 – 07:08 Virgo
- 07:08 – 08:34 Libra
- 08:34 – 10:24 Scorpio
- 10:24 – 12:41 Sagittarius
- 12:41 – 15:10 Capricorn
- 15:10 – 17:38 Aquarius
- 17:38 – 20:05 Pisces
- 20:05 – 22:34 Aries
- 22:34 – 00:58 next day Taurus
- 00:58 – 02:59 next day Gemini
- 02:59 – 04:33 next day Cancer
- 04:33 – 05:50 next day Leo
- 05:50 – 06:43 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 AEDT (UTC+11) · Method