Melbourne panchang, 9 April 2025
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 16:25 Chaitra month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 18:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:46
- 14:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 14:31 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:00 to 06:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 03:26 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 14:27 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 22:55
- Karana Bava until 14:31, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 14:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:46
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 01:28 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:22 – 02:35 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. 05:00 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:42 – 03:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:42 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:43 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
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 07:09 Pisces
- 07:09 – 09:38 Aries
- 09:38 – 12:02 Taurus
- 12:02 – 14:04 Gemini
- 14:04 – 15:38 Cancer
- 15:38 – 16:54 Leo
- 16:54 – 18:09 Virgo
- 18:09 – 19:34 Libra
- 19:34 – 21:24 Scorpio
- 21:24 – 23:42 Sagittarius
- 23:42 – 02:10 next day Capricorn
- 02:10 – 04:38 next day Aquarius
- 04:38 – 06:43 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 AEST (UTC+10) · Method