Melbourne panchang, 23 April 2025
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 01:04 Chaitra month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 17:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:39
- 10:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:37 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:41 to 06:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:21 Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 21:13
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:37 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 23:21
- Karana Vanija until 10:04, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:37 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:21 Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:36
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:04 – 21:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:39
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:54 – 16:37
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 19:07 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:08 – 20:06
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. 05:09 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:54 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:20 – 17:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:41 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:20 – 21:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:37 – 05:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:16 – 06:55 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
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:14 Pisces
- 06:14 – 08:43 Aries
- 08:43 – 11:07 Taurus
- 11:07 – 13:09 Gemini
- 13:09 – 14:43 Cancer
- 14:43 – 15:59 Leo
- 15:59 – 17:13 Virgo
- 17:13 – 18:39 Libra
- 18:39 – 20:29 Scorpio
- 20:29 – 22:46 Sagittarius
- 22:46 – 01:15 next day Capricorn
- 01:15 – 03:43 next day Aquarius
- 03:43 – 06:10 next day Pisces
- 06:10 – 06:55 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