Melbourne panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 19:17 Chaitra month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 17:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:11 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:42
- 07:40 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 17:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:47 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:50 to 06:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:47
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:40 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 04:48 next day
- Karana Vishti until 17:47, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:40 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 17:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:02 – 04:48 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:42
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. 05:05 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:26
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:40 – 06:49 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:40 – 06:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:48 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:11 – 09:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:34 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 17:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:50 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:20 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:12 – 06:49 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
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:42 Pisces
- 06:42 – 09:11 Aries
- 09:11 – 11:35 Taurus
- 11:35 – 13:36 Gemini
- 13:36 – 15:10 Cancer
- 15:10 – 16:27 Leo
- 16:27 – 17:41 Virgo
- 17:41 – 19:07 Libra
- 19:07 – 20:57 Scorpio
- 20:57 – 23:14 Sagittarius
- 23:14 – 01:43 next day Capricorn
- 01:43 – 04:11 next day Aquarius
- 04:11 – 06:38 next day Pisces
- 06:38 – 06:49 next day Aries
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