Melbourne panchang, 4 January 2025
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 10:18 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 20:44- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:05 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 07:04 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam 09:45 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:55 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 17:04
- 15:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:21 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:44 to 06:06 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:31 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 02:53 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 15:38
- Karana Bava until 16:21, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 03:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:04 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:45 – 11:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 17:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:38 – 13:02 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. 04:50 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:55 – 13:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:53 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:05 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:55 – 09:45 | Good |
| Rog | 09:45 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:35 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Char | 13:24 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 17:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:04 – 18:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:54 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:44 – 21:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:54 – 23:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:04 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:15 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 02:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:35 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:45 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:56 – 06:06 next day | Good |
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
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:59 Sagittarius
- 06:59 – 09:28 Capricorn
- 09:28 – 11:56 Aquarius
- 11:56 – 14:23 Pisces
- 14:23 – 16:52 Aries
- 16:52 – 19:16 Taurus
- 19:16 – 21:17 Gemini
- 21:17 – 22:51 Cancer
- 22:51 – 00:08 next day Leo
- 00:08 – 01:22 next day Virgo
- 01:22 – 02:48 next day Libra
- 02:48 – 04:38 next day Scorpio
- 04:38 – 06:06 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