Melbourne panchang, 20 December 2024
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 20:40 Moonrise 00:00 Margashirsha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 20:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:45 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam 11:27 – 13:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:47
- Durmuhurta 13:47 – 14:46
- Yamaganda 16:58 – 18:49
- 07:29 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:29 Moon enters Leo
- 16:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:19 Karana becomes Gara
Night
20:40 to 05:55 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:40 – 22:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:41 Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 16:19
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:29 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 23:41
- Karana Taitila until 16:19, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:29 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:29 Moon enters Leo
- 16:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:41 Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 13:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:47 – 14:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:58 – 18:49
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:55 – 07:29
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:29 – 05:55 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. 04:41 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:48 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:40 – 22:31
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:19 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:55 – 07:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:45 – 09:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:36 – 11:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:27 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:58 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Char | 18:49 – 20:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:40 – 21:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:49 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:59 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:27 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:36 – 04:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:46 – 05:55 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 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:41 Scorpio
- 05:41 – 07:58 Sagittarius
- 07:58 – 10:27 Capricorn
- 10:27 – 12:55 Aquarius
- 12:55 – 15:22 Pisces
- 15:22 – 17:51 Aries
- 17:51 – 20:15 Taurus
- 20:15 – 22:16 Gemini
- 22:16 – 23:50 Cancer
- 23:50 – 01:07 next day Leo
- 01:07 – 02:21 next day Virgo
- 02:21 – 03:47 next day Libra
- 03:47 – 05:37 next day Scorpio
- 05:37 – 05:55 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