Melbourne panchang, 20 August 2025
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 05:06 Shravana month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:59 to 17:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:20 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam 11:02 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:44
- 07:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:47 to 06:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 18:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:05 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 18:29
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 04:57 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 22:43
- Karana Kaulava until 07:13, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 18:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:05 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:43 – 20:44 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. 05:14 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:59 – 18:29
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:59 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:20 – 09:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:41 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:02 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 17:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:47 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:26 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:02 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:40 – 05:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:19 – 06:58 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
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:21 Gemini
- 05:21 – 06:55 Cancer
- 06:55 – 08:12 Leo
- 08:12 – 09:26 Virgo
- 09:26 – 10:51 Libra
- 10:51 – 12:42 Scorpio
- 12:42 – 14:59 Sagittarius
- 14:59 – 17:27 Capricorn
- 17:27 – 19:55 Aquarius
- 19:55 – 22:22 Pisces
- 22:22 – 00:52 next day Aries
- 00:52 – 03:15 next day Taurus
- 03:15 – 05:17 next day Gemini
- 05:17 – 06:51 next day Cancer
- 06:51 – 06:58 next day Leo
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