Melbourne panchang, 18 December 2025
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:38 Moonrise 03:58 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:54 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam 09:35 – 11:26
- Durmuhurta 10:49 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam 15:07 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:43 – 17:41
- 08:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:35 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
20:38 to 05:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:38 – 22:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 01:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 08:03
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 01:37 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 20:35
- Karana Vanija until 08:03, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:35 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 01:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:54 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 11:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:49 – 11:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:43 – 17:41
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:35 – 22:35
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. 04:40 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:47 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:38 – 22:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 01:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:54 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:45 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:35 – 11:26 | Bad |
| Char | 11:26 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:48 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 21:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:48 – 22:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:57 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:16 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:26 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:35 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:45 – 05:54 next day | Good |
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 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:50 Scorpio
- 05:50 – 08:07 Sagittarius
- 08:07 – 10:36 Capricorn
- 10:36 – 13:04 Aquarius
- 13:04 – 15:31 Pisces
- 15:31 – 18:00 Aries
- 18:00 – 20:24 Taurus
- 20:24 – 22:25 Gemini
- 22:25 – 23:59 Cancer
- 23:59 – 01:16 next day Leo
- 01:16 – 02:30 next day Virgo
- 02:30 – 03:55 next day Libra
- 03:55 – 05:46 next day Scorpio
- 05:46 – 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