Melbourne panchang, 1 January 2025
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 06:45 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 20:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam 11:33 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta 12:54 – 13:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 15:13
- 08:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:31 Moon enters Capricorn
- 20:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:44 to 06:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:36 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 08:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:16 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 22:36
- Karana Bava until 08:52, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:31 Moon enters Capricorn
- 20:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:36 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 05:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:54 – 13:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 15:13
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. 04:48 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:52 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:02 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:43 – 11:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:33 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:13 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Char | 17:03 – 18:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:53 – 20:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:44 – 21:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:54 – 23:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:04 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:13 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:33 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:43 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:03 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
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 04:54 Scorpio
- 04:54 – 07:11 Sagittarius
- 07:11 – 09:40 Capricorn
- 09:40 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 14:35 Pisces
- 14:35 – 17:04 Aries
- 17:04 – 19:28 Taurus
- 19:28 – 21:29 Gemini
- 21:29 – 23:03 Cancer
- 23:03 – 00:20 next day Leo
- 00:20 – 01:34 next day Virgo
- 01:34 – 02:59 next day Libra
- 02:59 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
- 04:50 – 06:03 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