Melbourne panchang, 27 August 2025
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 08:29 Bhadrapada 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 17:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:13 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:44
- 07:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:34 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:04 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:53 to 06:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:51 Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 20:14
- Nakshatra Hasta until 10:34 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:04
- Karana Vanija until 07:16, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:34 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:04 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 20:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 20:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:51 Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:44
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 13:42 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:35 – 14:48
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:50 – 10:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:50 – 10:34
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:13 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 17:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:30 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:58 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:12 – 06:48 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 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:27 Cancer
- 06:27 – 07:44 Leo
- 07:44 – 08:58 Virgo
- 08:58 – 10:24 Libra
- 10:24 – 12:14 Scorpio
- 12:14 – 14:31 Sagittarius
- 14:31 – 17:00 Capricorn
- 17:00 – 19:28 Aquarius
- 19:28 – 21:55 Pisces
- 21:55 – 00:24 next day Aries
- 00:24 – 02:48 next day Taurus
- 02:48 – 04:49 next day Gemini
- 04:49 – 06:23 next day Cancer
- 06:23 – 06:48 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