Melbourne panchang, 16 December 2024
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 20:37 Moonrise 21:59 Margashirsha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 20:37- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:44 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 11:25 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:45
- Durmuhurta 13:45 – 14:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:41
- 06:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 07:50 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 17:57 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:37 to 05:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:37 – 22:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:07 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 17:57
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 07:50 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 07:33
- Karana Balava until 06:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 07:50 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 17:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:07 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:25 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:45 – 14:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:41
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. 04:39 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:46 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:37 – 22:29
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:53 – 07:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:53 – 07:50
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:53 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:44 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:34 – 11:25 | Good |
| Rog | 11:25 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:47 – 20:37 | Good |
| Char | 20:37 – 21:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:47 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:56 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:06 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:16 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:25 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:35 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:44 – 05:54 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
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:57 Scorpio
- 05:57 – 08:14 Sagittarius
- 08:14 – 10:42 Capricorn
- 10:42 – 13:10 Aquarius
- 13:10 – 15:38 Pisces
- 15:38 – 18:07 Aries
- 18:07 – 20:30 Taurus
- 20:30 – 22:32 Gemini
- 22:32 – 00:06 next day Cancer
- 00:06 – 01:23 next day Leo
- 01:23 – 02:37 next day Virgo
- 02:37 – 04:02 next day Libra
- 04:02 – 05:53 next day Scorpio
- 05:53 – 05:54 next day Sagittarius
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