Melbourne panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:39 Moonrise 23:29 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 20:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 11:26 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 15:07
- 06:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 15:36 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:39 to 05:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:39 – 22:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 15:36
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:14 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 01:03 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:36, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 15:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:56 – 15:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 15:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:03 – 00:03 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 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:47 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:39 – 22:30
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 11:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:26 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:48 – 20:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:39 – 21:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:48 – 22:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:57 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:16 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:26 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:49 Scorpio
- 05:49 – 08:06 Sagittarius
- 08:06 – 10:35 Capricorn
- 10:35 – 13:02 Aquarius
- 13:02 – 15:30 Pisces
- 15:30 – 17:59 Aries
- 17:59 – 20:23 Taurus
- 20:23 – 22:24 Gemini
- 22:24 – 23:58 Cancer
- 23:58 – 01:15 next day Leo
- 01:15 – 02:29 next day Virgo
- 02:29 – 03:54 next day Libra
- 03:54 – 05:45 next day Scorpio
- 05:45 – 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