Melbourne panchang, 18 April 2025
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 20:46 Chaitra month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:48- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:12 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta 09:01 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam 10:57 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:03 – 16:25
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
17:48 to 06:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:33 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 21:37
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 12:51 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 05:33 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:49, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 21:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:33 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:20 – 17:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:01 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:25
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:50 – 12:51
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. 05:06 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:48 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:37 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:50 – 08:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:12 – 09:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:34 – 10:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:57 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:19 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 17:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:48 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:25 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:03 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:19 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:57 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 05:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:13 – 06:51 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
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:34 Pisces
- 06:34 – 09:03 Aries
- 09:03 – 11:27 Taurus
- 11:27 – 13:28 Gemini
- 13:28 – 15:02 Cancer
- 15:02 – 16:19 Leo
- 16:19 – 17:33 Virgo
- 17:33 – 18:59 Libra
- 18:59 – 20:49 Scorpio
- 20:49 – 23:06 Sagittarius
- 23:06 – 01:35 next day Capricorn
- 01:35 – 04:03 next day Aquarius
- 04:03 – 06:30 next day Pisces
- 06:30 – 06:51 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