Melbourne panchang, 8 January 2025
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 15:00 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 20:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam 11:37 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:57 – 13:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:26 – 15:16
- 08:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:56 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:44 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:59 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:53 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 19:56
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:59 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 01:53 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:59 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:53 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 15:16
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 21:59
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:59 – 06:09 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. 04:53 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:57 – 13:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:47 – 11:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:37 – 13:26 | Good |
| Rog | 13:26 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Char | 17:05 – 18:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:54 – 20:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:44 – 21:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:54 – 23:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:05 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 01:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:27 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:37 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:43 Sagittarius
- 06:43 – 09:12 Capricorn
- 09:12 – 11:40 Aquarius
- 11:40 – 14:07 Pisces
- 14:07 – 16:36 Aries
- 16:36 – 19:00 Taurus
- 19:00 – 21:02 Gemini
- 21:02 – 22:35 Cancer
- 22:35 – 23:52 Leo
- 23:52 – 01:06 next day Virgo
- 01:06 – 02:32 next day Libra
- 02:32 – 04:22 next day Scorpio
- 04:22 – 06:09 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