Melbourne panchang, 19 March 2025
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 19:32 Moonrise 21:41 Phalguna month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:23 to 19:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:54 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta 13:03 – 13:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:03 – 13:51 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 14:58
- 16:55 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:32 to 07:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:32 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:49 – 06:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:36 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:07 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 06:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:07 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:07 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 02:20 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 23:07
- Karana Kaulava until 16:55, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:36 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:07 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 06:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:07 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:03 – 13:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:07 – 00:19 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. 05:48 – 06:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:03 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:32 – 21:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 02:20 – 07:23 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:20 – 07:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:23 – 08:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:54 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 18:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:32 – 21:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:01 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:26 – 05:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:55 – 07:23 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
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:48 – 07:05 Aquarius
- 07:05 – 09:32 Pisces
- 09:32 – 12:01 Aries
- 12:01 – 14:25 Taurus
- 14:25 – 16:26 Gemini
- 16:26 – 18:00 Cancer
- 18:00 – 19:17 Leo
- 19:17 – 20:31 Virgo
- 20:31 – 21:57 Libra
- 21:57 – 23:47 Scorpio
- 23:47 – 02:04 next day Sagittarius
- 02:04 – 04:33 next day Capricorn
- 04:33 – 07:01 next day Aquarius
- 07:01 – 07:23 next day Pisces
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