Melbourne panchang, 17 December 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:38 Moonrise 22:49 Margashirsha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 20:38- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:50
- Yamaganda 09:35 – 11:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 15:06
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:47
- 06:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:26 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:38 to 05:54 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:38 – 22:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:17 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 16:26
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 02:40 next day
- Karana Gara until 16:26, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:17 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 11:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 15:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:56 – 15:36 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 – 05:17
- 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 20:38 – 22:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:26 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:54 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:44 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Char | 09:35 – 11:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:25 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:47 | Good |
| Rog | 18:47 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:38 – 21:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:47 – 22:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:57 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:16 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:26 – 03:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:35 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:45 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:08 NowVenus
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:53 Scorpio
- 05:53 – 08:10 Sagittarius
- 08:10 – 10:39 Capricorn
- 10:39 – 13:06 Aquarius
- 13:06 – 15:34 Pisces
- 15:34 – 18:03 Aries
- 18:03 – 20:27 Taurus
- 20:27 – 22:28 Gemini
- 22:28 – 00:02 next day Cancer
- 00:02 – 01:19 next day Leo
- 01:19 – 02:33 next day Virgo
- 02:33 – 03:58 next day Libra
- 03:58 – 05:49 next day Scorpio
- 05:49 – 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