Melbourne panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:38 Moonrise 03:24 Margashirsha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 20:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 11:25 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 15:06
- 15:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 18:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:46 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
20:38 to 05:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:38 – 22:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:41 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 08:03 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 22:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 19:46
- Karana Gara until 18:46, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 18:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:46 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:41 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:25 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 15:06
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. 04:39 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:46 – 13:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:38 – 22:29
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 22:41 – 05:54 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:41 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:25 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:47 – 20:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:38 – 21:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:47 – 22:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:57 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:16 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:25 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:54 Scorpio
- 05:54 – 08:11 Sagittarius
- 08:11 – 10:40 Capricorn
- 10:40 – 13:07 Aquarius
- 13:07 – 15:35 Pisces
- 15:35 – 18:04 Aries
- 18:04 – 20:28 Taurus
- 20:28 – 22:29 Gemini
- 22:29 – 00:03 next day Cancer
- 00:03 – 01:20 next day Leo
- 01:20 – 02:34 next day Virgo
- 02:34 – 03:59 next day Libra
- 03:59 – 05:50 next day Scorpio
- 05:50 – 05:54 next day Sagittarius
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 AEDT (UTC+11) · Method