Melbourne panchang, 21 December 2025
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 20:40 Moonrise 06:19 Pausha month
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · -37.81°, 144.96° · Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 20:40- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:48 – 13:47
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 15:08
- Gulika Kalam 16:59 – 18:49
- Durmuhurta 18:42 – 19:41
- Rahu Kalam 18:49 – 20:40
- 06:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 14:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:41 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:40 to 05:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:40 – 22:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 03:34 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:41
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:51 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 22:05
- Karana Bava until 14:41, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:51 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 14:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 03:34 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 15:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:59 – 18:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:42 – 19:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:49 – 20:40
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. 04:41 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:48 – 13:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:40 – 22:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:55 – 06:51
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:55 – 06:51
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:55 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:46 – 09:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:36 – 11:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:27 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:08 – 16:59 | Good |
| Rog | 16:59 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:40 – 21:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:49 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:37 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:46 – 05:56 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
- 05:55 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:38 Scorpio
- 05:38 – 07:55 Sagittarius
- 07:55 – 10:24 Capricorn
- 10:24 – 12:52 Aquarius
- 12:52 – 15:19 Pisces
- 15:19 – 17:48 Aries
- 17:48 – 20:12 Taurus
- 20:12 – 22:13 Gemini
- 22:13 – 23:47 Cancer
- 23:47 – 01:04 next day Leo
- 01:04 – 02:18 next day Virgo
- 02:18 – 03:44 next day Libra
- 03:44 – 05:34 next day Scorpio
- 05:34 – 05:56 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